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Aristophanes: The Gods Are Laughing
1995
52 min
7.0
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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.
DIRECTED BY
Coky Giedroyc
STARRING
Robert Glenister, Frances Barber, Patrick Barlow, Rosalie Crutchley, Dexter Fletcher
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Robert Glenister
Aristophanes
Frances Barber
Adonia
Patrick Barlow
Cephisophon
Rosalie Crutchley
Aristophanes' mother
Dexter Fletcher
Aristophanes' son
Robert Pugh
Cleon
Eddie Izzard
Socrates
Richard Strange
Pericles
Ewen Bremner
