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Aristophanes: The Gods Are Laughing

Sep 5, 1995 · 52m
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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.

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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
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Directed by Coky Giedroyc

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EN
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US
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