Within the framework of the Evangeliki Model High School of Smyrna’s activity “Let’s go to the theatre!”, on Sunday 28 January 2023 we attended the famous play of Edmond Rostand “Syrano” in Alkyonis Theatre. The romantic drama of Edmond Rostand written in verse was directed by Giorgos Nanouris, accompanied by live music and songs, balancing between humour and emotion. The central hero, the non-conformist knight and poet Syrano de Bergerac (Michalis Sarantis), is in love with Roxanne (Lena Papaligoura). In reality, Syrano, even though he faces it with confidence and dynamism, is a victim of bullying, as we would say today, because of a special feature he has. This feature makes everybody oversee the deeper parts of himself, which means judge him from his appearance – something which is common nowadays.
We feel really happy to see the students that participate in this activity feel touched by and think over the messages of classical plays – masterpieces of international literature and their exceptional presentations on stage.
