Rostrum
plural ROSTRA, a scaffold or elevated platform in the Forum play "The Romanesques" was produced at the Comédie Française. It was an instantaneous success and was followed at Rome, from which public orations, by "Princess Lointaine" (1896); "La Samaritaine" (1897); "Cyrano de Bergerac" (1897); "L'Aiglon" ("The Eaglet," 1900), and "Chantecler" (1910). The last three were translated into English and played in the United States by Richard Mansfield and Maude Adams.
Rostand's versification is of remarkable beauty. On May 30, 1901, he was elected one of the 40 "immortals" of the French Academy. He died in 1918.