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Morgan's Scots translation of Edmond Rostand's 1897 play Cyrano
de Bergerac was commissioned by Communicado Theatre Company, and premiered in Inverness
on 6 August 1992, before touring in Scotland and England. The title role
was played by Tom Mannion, and the play was directed by Gerry Mulgrew.
"[I] asked Eddie to make a version in what I imagined would be
English with Scots rhyme and rhythm. When the first act arrived I was
shocked. I had [Anthony Burgess' English translation] so firmly implanted
in my head that reading Morgan was like having a lovely little minuet
by Haydn suddenly interrupted by a Charlie Parker solo. (…) I
reread the Burgess last week… compared to Eddie's it now sounds
to me like polite conversation at a dinner party."
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Cyrano de Bergerac - Poster
 1990s
Morgan's Scots translation of Edmond Rostand's 1897 play Cyrano
de Bergerac was commissioned by Communicado Theatre Company. /More
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Published
by the Scottish
Poetry Library. A registered charity (No. SCO23311)
1990s