Of course, that is not to say that the entire play has had the reach of something like Romeo and Juliet and a modern adaptation, especially in another language, walks the twin tight-ropes of needing to keep it relevant while also introducing it to many people: it needs to be two kinds of new.
Though Racine or Moliere have their fans, very few modern story-tellers are rushing to give them the Ten Things I hate About You treatment. According to Wikipedia, in 2018 Cyrano had no less than 3 ( Sierra Burgess Is A Loser on Netflix, #Roxy, and Old Boys) though the most famous is undoubtedly the 1987 Steve Martin romantic comedy Roxanne, which even gets a nod in this production.
Moments from it live on outside the text (The nose monologue, the two-voiced seduction scene) in much the same way the balcony scene has for Romeo and Juliet or “to be or not to be” from Hamlet.
Cyrano de Bergerac is one of the few French plays with a claim to iconic status.
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