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[[Don Juan]] is the name of  
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[[Don Juan]] is the name of a character created by Spanish playwright, Tirso de Molina[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Juan], in his 1630 play ''[[El burlador de Sevilla y convidado de piedra]]'' ("The Trickster of Seville and the Stone Guest"), and the name of the character has become common metaphor for a "womanizer".
  
There have been numerous works written and produced on his adventures. Many seen in South Africa.  
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There have been numerous works written and produced about the character and tapping into the notion of the "Don Juan" in society, a number bearing the title [[Don Juan]].  
  
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'''See also other titles containing the name [[Don Juan]], or using the character.'''
  
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=Plays=
  
= ''[[Don Juan]]'', the 1926 film by Alan Crosland[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Juan_(1926_film)] =
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==''[[Don Juan]]''  by Max Frisch ==
 
 
 
 
First shown in South Africa in 192*, inter alia at the [[Orpheum Theatre]], Johannesburg.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
= ''[[Don Juan]]''  by Max Frisch =
 
 
   
 
   
 
''[[Don Juan]]'' is a stage comedy by Max Frisch ,  
 
''[[Don Juan]]'' is a stage comedy by Max Frisch ,  
  
  
== Translations and adaptations==
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===ranslations and adaptations===
  
  
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== Performances in South Africa ==
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===Performances in South Africa ==
  
  
 
1975: Performed in Afrikaans by [[CAPAB]] Afrikaans Drama, directed by [[Mavis Taylor]] with starring [[Jana Cilliers]] in the [[Nico Malan Theatre]] in January.
 
1975: Performed in Afrikaans by [[CAPAB]] Afrikaans Drama, directed by [[Mavis Taylor]] with starring [[Jana Cilliers]] in the [[Nico Malan Theatre]] in January.
  
== Sources ==
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[[Nico Malan Theatre]] Centre pamphlet.
 
[[Nico Malan Theatre]] Centre pamphlet.
  
 
Photograph by [[Paul Alberts]], [[NELM]].
 
Photograph by [[Paul Alberts]], [[NELM]].
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=Films=
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== ''[[Don Juan]]'' (1926)==
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This is a 1926 film by Alan Crosland[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Juan_(1926_film)] =
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First shown in South Africa in 192*, inter alia at the [[Orpheum Theatre]], Johannesburg.
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= https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventures_of_Don_Juan
  
  

Revision as of 07:01, 20 June 2015

Don Juan is the name of a character created by Spanish playwright, Tirso de Molina[1], in his 1630 play El burlador de Sevilla y convidado de piedra ("The Trickster of Seville and the Stone Guest"), and the name of the character has become common metaphor for a "womanizer".

There have been numerous works written and produced about the character and tapping into the notion of the "Don Juan" in society, a number bearing the title Don Juan.

See also other titles containing the name Don Juan, or using the character.

Plays

Don Juan by Max Frisch

Don Juan is a stage comedy by Max Frisch ,


ranslations and adaptations

Translated into English by Michael Bullock and published in Four plays by Max Frisch, Methuen, 1969.

Translated into Afrikaans by Nerina Ferreira.


=Performances in South Africa

1975: Performed in Afrikaans by CAPAB Afrikaans Drama, directed by Mavis Taylor with starring Jana Cilliers in the Nico Malan Theatre in January.

=Sources

Nico Malan Theatre Centre pamphlet.

Photograph by Paul Alberts, NELM.



Films

Don Juan (1926)

This is a 1926 film by Alan Crosland[2] =

First shown in South Africa in 192*, inter alia at the Orpheum Theatre, Johannesburg.




= https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventures_of_Don_Juan


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