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| + | The character [[Don Juan]] was 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 since 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]]. | 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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| + | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventures_of_Don_Juan | ||
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==''[[Don Juan]]'' by Max Frisch == | ==''[[Don Juan]]'' by Max Frisch == | ||
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Don Juan is the name of a fictional character about whom many literary and other works have been created.
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The character
The character Don Juan was 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 since 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.
Plays and films containing the name Don Juan, or using the character
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventures_of_Don_Juan
Plays bearing the title Don Juan
Don Juan by Max Frisch
Don Juan is a stage comedy by Max Frisch ,
Translations 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 bearing the title Don Juan
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.
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