The Theatre of Don Juan: A Collection of Plays and Views, 1630-1963
, by Mandel, OscarNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780803281370 | 0803281374
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 6/1/1986
The eternal Don Juan, the creation more than 350 years ago of a monk and dramatist known as Tirso de Molina, has appeared on the boards as a thinker and fool, hero and villain, but never as anything less than a great lover. Oscar Mandel'sTheatre of Don Juanpresents different aspects of the Don's spectacular progress through a half-dozen countries, epochs, and intellectual climates. Here are full-length plays by Molina, Moliere, Shadwell, Da Ponte, Grabbe, Moncrieff, Zorrilla, and Rostand; excerpts from plays by Shaw, Montherlant, and Frisch; plus a dozen critical and interpretative essays. In his introduction, Mandel examines the legend of Don Juan.