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Moli¨re

Don Juan

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Paperback | 26 June 1995

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Few plays have generated more controversy or had a more extraordinary performance history than Moli¨re's Don Juan. David Whitton's study examines ways in which this enigmatic masterpiece has been interpreted in performance through the vision of different directors and in a variety of cultural and social contexts ranging from pre-revolutionary St Petersburg to post-revolutionary Prague. In a series of critical studies, key productions are reconstructed using prompt books, production notes, photographs, contemporary reviews, memoirs and the author's own experience as a spectator. Among the interpretations discussed are those of Meyerhold, Brecht, Ingmar Bergman, Jouvet, and Ch©reau. Each of these productions, in addition to shedding new light on a familiar text, is a theatrical landmark in its own right. The book is illustrated with numerous photographs and contains a geographical-chronological table of productions.
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"David Whitton has done a substantial favor to all those who love Moliere...he has married conception to reception and demonstrated the apparently 'infinitely renewable stage life' (174) of Moliere's most enigmatic creation." L'Esprit Createur "There is a great deal to commend in this book. Professor Whitton has a solid academic background on which to base his analyses...I was impressed in particular by his remarkable sensitivity to stage values--decor, costume, lighting, colour, dynamics of tone and movement. A man of theatre is here coupled with the scholar...I have not been able to consult the preceding volumes in the series, but if the forthcoming ones meet the quality standards of Whitton's book, this should be a successful series." Harold Knutson, Essays in Theatre

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