Download or read book Brigitte Jacques and Louis Jouvet's 'Elvira' and Moliere's 'Don Juan' written by Brigitte Jaques and published by University Press of America. This book was released on 2003 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Banned after its creation in 1665 because of the threat that it posed to conventional beliefs and ways, Don Juan was not appreciated until the middle of the twentieth century. Since then, its extraordinary theatricality and its daring, and very modern, discussion of philosophical and social matters has made it Moliere's most performed and most studied work in France and in continental Europe generally. In English-speaking countries, however, it is still relatively unknown.".