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on the stage。 The pit is quite full; the galleries and boxes are also
crowded。)
THE AUDIENCE: Begin!
A BURGHER (whose wig is drawn up on the end of a string by a page
in the upper gallery): My wig!
CRIES OF DELIGHT: He is bald! Bravo; pagesha! ha! ha!。 。 。
THE BURGHER (furious; shaking his fist): Young villain!
LAUGHTER AND CRIES (beginning very loud; and dying gradually
away): Ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha!
(Total silence。)
LE BRET (astonished): What means this sudden silence?。 。 。 (A
spectator says something to him in a low voice): Is't true?
THE SPECTATOR: I have just heard it on good authority。
MURMURS (spreading through the hall): Hush! Is it he? No!
Ay; I say! In the box with the bars in front! The Cardinal! The
Cardinal! The Cardinal!
A PAGE: The devil! We shall have to behave ourselves。 。 。
(A knock is heard upon the stage。 Every one is motionless。 A
pause。)
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THE VOICE OF A MARQUIS (in the silence; behind the curtain):
Snuff that candle!
ANOTHER MARQUIS (putting his head through the opening in the
curtain): A chair!
(A chair is passed from hand to hand; over the heads of the spectators。
The marquis takes it and disappears; after blowing some kisses to the
boxes。)
A SPECTATOR: Silence!
(Three knocks are heard on the stage。 The curtain opens in the centre
Tableau。 The marquises in insolent attitudes seated on each side of the
stage。 The scene represents a pastoral landscape。 Four little lusters
light the stage; the violins play softly。)
LE BRET (in a low voice to Ragueneau): Montfleury comes on the
scene?
RAGUENEAU (also in a low voice): Ay; 'tis he who begins。
LE BRET: Cyrano is not here。
RAGUENEAU: I have lost my wager。
LE BRET: 'Tis all the better!
(An air on the drone…pipes is heard; and Montfleury enters;
enormously stout; in an Arcadian shepherd's dress; a hat wreathed with
roses drooping over one ear; blowing into a ribboned drone pipe。)
THE PIT (applauding): Bravo; Montfleury! Montfleury!
MONTFLEURY (after bowing low; begins the part of Phedon):
'Heureux qui loin des cours; dans un lieu solitaire; Se prescrit a soi…
meme un exil volontaire; Et qui; lorsque Zephire a souffle sur les
bois。 。 。'
A VOICE (from the middle of the pit): Villain! Did I not forbid
you to show your face here for month?
(General stupor。 Every one turns round。 Murmurs。)
DIFFERENT VOICES: Hey?What?What is't?。 。 。
(The people stand up in the boxes to look。)
CUIGY: 'Tis he!
LE BRET (terrified): Cyrano!
THE VOICE: King of clowns! Leave the stage this instant!
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ALL THE AUDIENCE (indignantly): Oh!
MONTFLEURY: But。 。 。
THE VOICE: Do you dare defy me?
DIFFERENT VOICES (from the pit and the boxes): Peace!
Enough!Play on; Montfleuryfear nothing!
MONTFLEURY (in a trembling voice): 'Heureux qui loin des cours;
dans un lieu sol'
THE VOICE (more fiercely): Well! Chief of all the blackguards;
must I come and give you a taste of my cane?
(A hand holding a cane starts up over the heads of the spectators。)
MONTFLEURY (in a voice that trembles more and more):
'Heureux qui。 。 。'
(The cane is shaken。)
THE VOICE: Off the stage!
THE PIT: Oh!
MONTFLEURY (choking): 'Heureux qui loin des cours。 。 。'
CYRANO (appearing suddenly in the pit; standing on a chair; his arms
crossed; his beaver cocked fiercely; his mustache bristling; his nose
terrible to see): Ah! I shall be angry in a minute!。 。 。
(Sensation。)
SCENE 1。IV。
The same。 Cyrano; then Bellerose; Jodelet。
MONTFLEURY (to the marquises): Come to my help; my lords!
A MARQUIS (carelessly): Go on! Go on!
CYRANO: Fat man; take warning! If you go on; I Shall feel
myself constrained to cuff your face!
THE MARQUIS: Have done!
CYRANO: And if these lords hold not their tongue Shall feel
constrained to make them taste my cane!
ALL THE MARQUISES (rising): Enough!。 。 。Montfleury。 。 。
CYRANO: If he goes not quick I will cut off his ears and slit
him up!
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A VOICE: But。 。 。
CYRANO: Out he goes!
ANOTHER VOICE: Yet。 。 。
CYRANO: Is he not gone yet? (He makes the gesture of turning up
his cuffs): Good! I shall mount the stage now; buffet…wise; To
carve this fine Italian sausagethus!
MONTFLEURY (trying to be dignified): You outrage Thalia in
insulting me!
CYRANO (very politely): If that Muse; Sir; who knows you not at
all; Could claim acquaintance with youoh; believe (Seeing how
urn…like; fat; and slow you are) That she would make you taste her
buskin's sole!
THE PIT: Montfleury! Montfleury! ComeBaro's play!
CYRANO (to those who are calling out): I pray you have a care!
If you go on My scabbard soon will render up its blade!
(The circle round him widens。)
THE CROWD (drawing back): Take care!
CYRANO (to Montfleury): Leave the stage!
THE CROWD (coming near and grumbling): Oh!
CYRANO: Did some one speak?
(They draw back again。)
A VOICE (singing at the back): Monsieur de Cyrano Displays
his tyrannies: A fig for tyrants! What; ho! Come! Play us 'La
Clorise!'
ALL THE PIT (singing): 'La Clorise!' 'La Clorise!'。 。 。
CYRANO: Let me but hear once more that foolish rhyme; I
slaughter every man of you。
A BURGHER: Oh! Samson?
CYRANO: Yes Samson! Will you lend your jawbone; Sir?
A LADY (in the boxes): Outrageous!
A LORD: Scandalous!
A BURGHER: 'Tis most annoying!
A PAGE: Fair good sport!
THE PIT: Kss!Montfleury。 。 。Cyrano!
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CYRANO: Silence!
THE PIT (wildly excited): Ho…o…o…o…h! Quack! Cock…a…doodle…
doo!
CYRANO: I order
A PAGE: Miow!
CYRANO: I order silence; all! And challenge the whole pit
collectively! I write your names!Approach; young heroes; here!
Each in his turn! I cry the numbers out! Now which of you will
come to ope the lists? You; Sir? No! You? No! The first duellist
Shall be dispatched by me with honors due! Let all who long for death
hold up their hands! (A silence): Modest? You fear to see my naked
blade? Not one name?Not one hand?Good; I proceed! (Turning
toward the stage; where Montfleury waits in an agony): The theater's
too full; congested;I Would clear it out。 。 。If not。 。 。 (Puts his hand on
his sword): The knife must act!
MONTFLEURY: I。 。 。
CYRANO (leaves his chair; and settles himself in the middle of the
circle which has formed): I will clap my hands thrice; thusfull moon!
At the third clap; eclipse yourself!
THE PIT (amused): Ah!
CYRANO (clapping his hands): One!
MONTFLEURY: I。 。 。
A VOICE (in the boxes): Stay!
THE PIT: He stays。 。 。he goes。 。 。he stays。 。 。
MONTFLEURY: I think。 。 。Gentlemen;。 。 。