by DR. S. J. COLLIER
In December 1897 Coquelin atne" gave the first performance of Cyrano de Bergerac and Edmond Rostand became famous overnight.
His verse play has remained in repertory ever since. At the turn of the century he was charged by American lawyers with plagiarism and the judgment went against him.
In making his dramatisation of the life of de Bergerac, would Edmond Rostand have plagiarised an unknown American writer for a nose and a few situations? Dr. Collier recounts the case.