Genge Press is a small press set up in 2004 by Sue Lloyd, BA, MPhil., originally to publish books by or about Edmond Rostand, creator of the play
Cyrano de Bergerac. The name Genge Press commemorates family members, the Genges of Somerset & Dorset.
Although our main aim is to make Edmond Rostand and his wonderful plays better known, we also publish a few specially-selected other titles.
Any of our books may be purchased commercially or direct from the Genge Press. If you live in the UK or wish to pay in pounds sterling, please send us your name and address, along with a cheque for the correct amount, including postage. We can also send books all over the world and accept all major currencies, via the secure PayPal server. There is no need to be a signed-up user of Paypal to use this service, nor will Paypal contact you again. Simply email us with your order, and your name and address. The book(s) will be posted to you and you will be invoiced for the price of the book and postage costs by PayPal.
Plays by Edmond Rostand so far published
by the Genge Press. Each play also has its own page.
1) Chantecler
The chef-d'oeuvre of Rostand's mature years, now deservedly being
rediscovered in France. This new edition, with text in French but notes in
English, will introduce readers to what many consider to be his best play.
Postage in the UK is £1.80.
ISBN 978-0-9549043-4-0 Pages: i-xviii, 1-292. £10.50; 12 Euros; US$ 18.
Original French text with English end-notes to each Act, plus Introduction and
Brief Chronology by Sue Lloyd, M. Phil. (Genge Press, February 2010)
A new prose translation of Edmond Rostand's biblical play by Philippa Gerry
and Sue Lloyd. Available as PDF for $20 from
gengepress@aol.com.To be published in 2015 -- see below.
A new verse translation of Edmond Rostand’s early one-act play, by Thom
Christoph, with an introduction by Sue Lloyd
ISBN 978-0-9549043-2-6. A5 paperback, 44 pages. Price £4.50 (£5.00 including
postage in UK); set of five: £20 (£22.00 including postage); Euros 6.50; US $
9.00, Canadian $ 10, Australian $ 11, New Zealand $ 12.50. Postage extra on all
overseas prices.
In Preparation: translation of La Dernière Nuit
de Don Juan, to be published in 2015 with The Woman of Samaria under the title: Sacred & Profane Love.
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1) EDMOND ROSTAND - A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF HIS LIFE AND WORK
An introduction to this famous French verse dramatist, author of Cyrano de Bergerac.
2)FIRST ENGLISH BIOGRAPHY of EDMOND ROSTAND:
THE MAN WHO WAS CYRANO – A Life Of Edmond Rostand, Creator Of 'Cyrano de Bergerac', by Sue Lloyd
This was our first title, published in 2003 in collaboration with Unlimited Publishing, Bloomington, USA. The UK edition was published in January 2007. The book has been well-received by both general and academic readers. Reviews and comments may be read on this page.
3) CHANTECLER by Edmond Rostand
A play in four acts in verse, by Edmond Rostand, written and first performed in 1910. Our edition has the original text in French, with notes, chronology and introduction in English by Sue Lloyd. Published in February 2010.
4) THE WOMAN OF SAMARIA (La Samaritaine)
NEW in 2012 A prose translation by
Philippa Gerry and Sue Lloyd of Rostand's verse drama La Samaritaine, first performed in 1897, about the
conversion of the Samaritan woman, as told in John IV, 1-32.
5) THE TWO PIERROTS or THE SUPPER IN WHITE (Les Deux Pierrots ou Le Souper Blanc)
A verse translation by Thom Christoph of Edmond Rostand’s witty curtain-raiser. First published by Genge Press in January 2007. A delightful three-hander, ideal for amateur dramatic companies as a curtain-raiser. This playlet already reveals Rostand’s talents.
6) FROM CURRAGH TO KETCH: THE STORY OF MINEHEAD'S QUAY TOWN
By John Gilman and Sue Lloyd. A new title for 2012 and our first book of local history.
7) THE ANARCHIST GEOGRAPHER: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE LIFE OF PETER KROPOTKIN
By Brian Morris, Professor Emeritus at Goldsmith’s College London. An introduction to the influential nineteenth-century anarchist thinker and early ecologist, Prince Peter Kropotkin.
8) POETRY
Poems by Brigid Somerset, published in November 2004
These original poems are already on their second printing.
9) BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE WORKS BY AND ABOUT EDMOND ROSTAND including performances and translations into English
10) BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE WORKS OF CHRISTOPHER FRY
Compiled for this website to honour our own English verse dramatist
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