Don Juan (7)

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"One day to woo her, one to consummate,

One to get rid of her, two to locate

The next one--and an hour or so, I find,

To get the previous one out of my mind."

The following books will introduce you to Don Juan, who said these words in Zorrilla's The Real Don Juan (Ranjit Bolt, Trans., Absolute Press, 1990).

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• Zorrilla, José. The Real Don Juan. New York: Theatre Communications Group, 1991.
  • Zorrilla's play (in Spanish, Don Juan Tenorio) is still presented annually throughout Spain and Latin America on All Soul's Day.
    
• Byron, George Gordon, Lord. Don Juan. New York: Penguin USA, 1988.
  • Byron puts a humorous and often sentimental spin on the exploits of the notorious lover.
    
• Molière. Don Juan. New York: Theatre Communications Group.
  • Molière's innovations greatly influenced Mozart's rendering in his opera, Don Giovanni.
    
• Miller, Jonathan (Ed.). Don Giovanni: Myths of Seduction and Betrayal. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1990.
  • Explorations of the sexual psychology at work in Mozart's opera, collected by the noted director.
    
• Shaw, George Bernard. Man and Superman. Viking, 1987.
  • Act III of Shaw's play is the famous "Don Juan in Hell," often performed on its own.
    
• Tirso de Molina. El Burlador de Sevilla. Planeta, 1995. (Spanish)
  • The play that started it all. Tirso created in Don Juan the ultimate sexual trickster.
    
• Sola-Solé, J. & Gingras, G. E. (Eds.), Tirso's Don Juan: Metamorphoses of a Theme. Washington, DC: Catholic University Press of America, 1988.
  • Fascinating essays on the evolution of this charismatic character.

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