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Don Juan Tenorio: Drama religioso-fantástico en dos partes (1844), José Zorrilla

Titles
English title: Don Juan Tenorio: A Religious-Fantasy Drama in Two Parts
Notable variations on Spanish title: Don Juan Tenorio
Date written: 1844
First publication date: 1844
First production date: 28 March 1844
Keywords: morality > vice-virtue, violence > murder, violence > cruelty, violence > revenge, ideology > morality, ideology > religion and faith, power > use and abuse, women
Genre and type: melodrama, romance
Pitch

Don Juan refuses to give up his womanising. He goes through life destroying reputations, laughing at those who beg him to change his ways. Don Juan may think he's invincible, but his wicked deeds will catch up with him one day.

Synopsis

Don Juan Tenorio is divided into two parts, which take place in a single night, but five years apart. In the First Part, the amorous rake Don Juan meets his friend Don Luis to settle a ... (Read more...)

Sources

Don Juan Tenorio is a reinterpretation of the classic tale of Don Juan, legendary rake and womaniser. Zorrilla's play owes a great debt to Tirso de Molina's seventeenth-century drama E... (Read more...)

Critical response

Don Juan Tenorio is the longest-running play in Spain. Traditionally, it is performed every All Saints' Day in Madrid theatres. Since 1984, the city of Alcalá de Henares has staged the... (Read more...)

Editions

Entry submitted by David_Arbesu on 7 August 2012 and last updated by Gwynneth Dowling on 17 August 2012

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