Aristophanes: The Gods Are Laughing
Aristophanes: The Gods Are Laughing

Aristophanes: The Gods Are Laughing

September 5, 199552 min7.0EN
ComedyHistory

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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Patrick Barlow
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Rosalie Crutchley
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Dexter Fletcher
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Robert Pugh
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Eddie Izzard
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Richard Strange
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Ewen Bremner
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Roger Ashton-Griffiths
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