Don Juan oder Die Liebe zur Geometrie
Don Juan oder Die Liebe zur Geometrie is a German comedy in five acts by Max Frisch[1] (1911-1991).
Contents
The original text
First Written in 1952, and first produced on 5 May 1953 simultaneously at the Schauspielhaus in Zürich and at the Schiller-Theater in Berlin. It was published in the same year.
Translations and adaptations
Translated as Don Juan, or The Love of Geometry by James L. Rosenberg in 1964, published in Three Plays by Max Frisch (1967)
Translated into English as Don Juan, or The Love of Geometry by Michael Bullock and published by Methuen in Four Plays by Max Frisch (1969).
Translated into Afrikaans as Don Juan by Nerina Ferreira in 1974.
Performances in South Africa
1975: Performed in Afrikaans as Don Juan by CAPAB Afrikaans Drama, directed by Mavis Taylor with starring Jana Cilliers in the Nico Malan Theatre in January.
Sources
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Juan_oder_Die_Liebe_zur_Geometrie
John Gassner and Edward Quinn. The Reader's Encyclopedia of World Drama 2002[2] P. 183.
Nico Malan Theatre Centre pamphlet.
Photograph by Paul Alberts, NELM.
