Sep 05, 1995
52 min
Full-HD

Aristophanes: The Gods Are Laughing (1995)

Specially commissioned by the British Film Institute and Channel 4, this pseudo-biography shows how Aristophanes became the father of political satire and why his theatrical innovations are still staples of the contemporary theatre.

Category

Comedy History

Country

United Kingdom

Companies

Robert Glenister

Aristophanes

Frances Barber

Adonia

Patrick Barlow

Cephisophon

Rosalie Crutchley

Aristophanes' mother

Dexter Fletcher

Aristophanes' son

Robert Pugh

Cleon

Suzy Eddie Izzard

Socrates

Richard Strange

Pericles

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