Don Juan

Informationen zum Autor Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (1622–1673), known by his stage name Molière , was a French playwright and actor who is considered to be one of the greatest masters of comedy in Western literature. Among Molière's best known works are The Misanthrope , The School for Wives , Tartuffe , The Miser , The Imaginary Invalid and The Bourgeois Gentleman . Kenneth McLeish was the most widely respected and prolific translator of drama in Britain and, until his early death in 1997, edited the NHB Drama Classics series. Klappentext Moliere's most controversial play, Don Juan follows the sensualist escapades of the notorious and unrepentant womanizer and his valet, Sganarelle, who fervently (but unsuccessfully) tries to steer Don Juan onto the right path. Zusammenfassung Molière's comedy about the notorious womaniser, in a fresh and performable translation by Kenneth McLeish.

Product details

• Authors: Moliere, Jean-Baptiste Moliere
• Assisted by: Kenneth Mcleish (Translation)
• Publisher: Hern, Nick Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.06.1997
• EAN: 9781854593566
• ISBN: 978-1-85459-356-6
• No. of pages: 89
• Dimensions: 107 mm x 160 mm x 8 mm
• Series: Nick Hern Books Drama Classics; Drama Classics; Nick Hern Books Drama Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies