In this play, which introduced popularized the word "panache," the villainous De Guiche sends two of the main characters off to war with Spain.
Brian Hooker's translation of this play is written in blank verse and unusually does not use a word which was popularized in English by Anthony Burgess's translation. One character in this play catches a pickpocket, who tells him that a bunch of hired goons are coming to attack Lignière. The main character of this play composes a ballade in which each refrain ends with the phrase "Thrust home" while dueling with Valvert. In this play, which introduced popularized the word "panache," the villainous De Guiche sends two of the main characters off to war with Spain. Its protagonist uses his rhetorical skill to help Christian woo the woman he himself is in love with. For 10 points, name this play whose large-nosed title character loves Roxane, a work by Edmond Rostand.
Brian Hooker's translation of this play is written in blank verse and unusually does not use a word which was popularized in English by Anthony Burgess's translation.
Cyrano de Bergerac