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Don Juan the directors' play. / Whitton, David.
The Cambridge Companion to Molière. ed. / David Bradby; Andrew Calder. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2006. p. 201-213 (Cambridge companions to literature).

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Whitton, D 2006, Don Juan the directors' play. in D Bradby & A Calder (eds), The Cambridge Companion to Molière. Cambridge companions to literature, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, pp. 201-213. https://doi.org/10.2277/0521546656

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Whitton, D. (2006). Don Juan the directors' play. In D. Bradby, & A. Calder (Eds.), The Cambridge Companion to Molière (pp. 201-213). (Cambridge companions to literature). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.2277/0521546656

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Whitton D. Don Juan the directors' play. In Bradby D, Calder A, editors, The Cambridge Companion to Molière. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. 2006. p. 201-213. (Cambridge companions to literature). doi: 10.2277/0521546656

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Whitton, David. / Don Juan the directors' play. The Cambridge Companion to Molière. editor / David Bradby ; Andrew Calder. Cambridge, UK : Cambridge University Press, 2006. pp. 201-213 (Cambridge companions to literature).

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