Chantecler Play in Four Acts

Chantecler Play in Four Acts is a play written by the French playwright Edmond Rostand. The play revolves around a rooster named Chantecler, who believes that his crowing is responsible for the rising of the sun. He is challenged by a nightingale named Philomel, who believes that it is her singing that causes the dawn. The play explores themes of love, jealousy, and the power of belief. It is divided into four acts and features a cast of anthropomorphic animals. The play was first performed in Paris in 1910 and has since been adapted into various languages and productions. It is considered to be one of Rostand's most experimental works and a classic of French literature.1910. Rostand was a French dramatist whose plays represent the final flowering of the 19th-century romantic tradition. His greatest work, Cyrano de Bergerac was a dazzling popular success and remains a worldwide favorite to this day. One of Rostand's earlier works, The Romancers has been adapted as the highly successful musical comedy The Fantasticks, the longest running musical in theater history. His last play, Chantecler, is a fantasy that casts all the characters as animals.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.