Aristophanes: The Gods Are Laughing (1995)

7.0 September 5, 1995 52m Released
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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Cast

  • Robert Glenister

    Robert Glenister

    Aristophanes

  • Frances Barber

    Frances Barber

    Adonia

  • Patrick Barlow

    Patrick Barlow

    Cephisophon

  • Rosalie Crutchley

    Rosalie Crutchley

    Aristophanes' mother

  • Dexter Fletcher

    Dexter Fletcher

    Aristophanes' son

  • Robert Pugh

    Robert Pugh

    Cleon

  • Suzy Eddie Izzard

    Suzy Eddie Izzard

    Socrates

  • Richard Strange

    Richard Strange

    Pericles

  • Ewen Bremner

    Ewen Bremner

  • Roger Ashton-Griffiths

    Roger Ashton-Griffiths

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