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''[[Don Juan in Hell]]'' is a play by [[George Bernard Shaw]].
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''[[Don Juan in Hell]]'' is a play, based on the Don Juan legend, by [[George Bernard Shaw]].
  
  
The play consists of a dream sequence , taken from Act III of his ''[[Man and Superman]]''. Today this scene is often performed as an independent play and has also been published as such.  
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== The original text ==
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The text is a dream sequence, a debate between Juan, the Devil, the Commander and Doña Ana, about the respective the advantages of Hell (art, beauty, love, pleasure) and Heaven (rational discourse and promulgation of the Life Force). Taken from Act III of Shaw's ''[[Man and Superman]]'', it is today often performed as an independent play under this title,  and has also been published as such.  
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Basically the work consists of a debate between Juan, the Devil, the Commander, and Doña Ana aboyut the respective the advantages of Hell (art, beauty, love, pleasure) and Heaven (rational discourse and promulgation of the Life Force).
 
  
 
http://nymag.com/nymetro/arts/theater/reviews/3720/
 
http://nymag.com/nymetro/arts/theater/reviews/3720/

Revision as of 06:58, 21 June 2015

Don Juan in Hell is a play, based on the Don Juan legend, by George Bernard Shaw.


The original text

The text is a dream sequence, a debate between Juan, the Devil, the Commander and Doña Ana, about the respective the advantages of Hell (art, beauty, love, pleasure) and Heaven (rational discourse and promulgation of the Life Force). Taken from Act III of Shaw's Man and Superman, it is today often performed as an independent play under this title, and has also been published as such.


http://nymag.com/nymetro/arts/theater/reviews/3720/