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Scene from Don Juan, ou le Festin de Pierre, 1665, (18th century). Don Juan is speaking to the stone statue of the Commander whom he killed when the old man challenged the Don who had seduced his daughter. He is asking the statue to a banquet. His manservant cringes in terror. This play was given 15 performances in 1665 and was then proscribed. The libretto of Mozart's opera Don Giovanni (1787) was based on Moliere's text. From Don Juan, ou le Festin de Pierre (Don Juan, or the Stone Banquet) by Moliere. (Paris, 1665).