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Aristophanes: The Gods Are Laughing

Aristophanes: The Gods Are Laughing

IMDB:

7.0
Aristophanes: The Gods Are Laughing

Released

9/5/1995

Duration

0h 52m

Genre

Comedy, History

Country

United Kingdom

Cast

Robert Glenister, Frances Barber, Patrick Barlow

Overview

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.

Cast

Robert Glenister

Aristophanes

Robert Glenister

Frances Barber

Adonia

Frances Barber

Patrick Barlow

Cephisophon

Patrick Barlow

Rosalie Crutchley

Aristophanes' mother

Rosalie Crutchley

Dexter Fletcher

Aristophanes' son

Dexter Fletcher

Robert Pugh

Cleon

Robert Pugh

Eddie Izzard

Socrates

Eddie Izzard

Richard Strange

Pericles

Richard Strange

Ewen Bremner

Unknown Role

Ewen Bremner

Roger Ashton-Griffiths

Unknown Role

Roger Ashton-Griffiths