For a special benefit performance of "Cyrano de Bergerac", he appeared only in the first four acts. For the final scene, in which Cyrano has aged 15 years, Walter Hampden played the part. Hampden had played the part for several years, so this collaboration represented a passing of the torch to Ferrer, who became the next great Cyrano and would go on to star in the first English-language film version of the play.