Film·1995·52m

Aristophanes: The Gods Are Laughing

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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

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10 credited

Robert Glenister
Robert GlenisterAristophanes
Frances Barber
Frances BarberAdonia
Patrick Barlow
Patrick BarlowCephisophon
Rosalie Crutchley
Rosalie CrutchleyAristophanes' mother
Dexter Fletcher
Dexter FletcherAristophanes' son
Robert Pugh
Robert PughCleon
Suzy Eddie Izzard
Suzy Eddie IzzardSocrates
Richard Strange
Richard StrangePericles
Ewen Bremner
Ewen Bremner
Roger Ashton-Griffiths
Roger Ashton-Griffiths

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