 In 1897, the French poet Edmond Rostand published a play, "Cyrano de Bergerac", on the subject of Cyrano's life.This play, which became Rostand's most successful work, revolves around Cyrano's love for the beautiful Roxane, whom he is obliged to woo on behalf of a more conventionally handsome but less articulate friend, Christian de Neuvillette.The play has been made into operas and adapted for cinema several times and reworked in other literary forms and as a ballet.