Aristophanes: The Gods Are Laughing (1995)
- NR
- 09/05/1995 (GB)
- Comedy, History
- 52m
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.
Coky Giedroyc
DirectorApril De Angelis
WriterCast
Robert Glenister
Aristophanes
Frances Barber
Adonia
Patrick Barlow
Cephisophon
Rosalie Crutchley
Aristophanes' mother
Dexter Fletcher
Aristophanes' son
Robert Pugh
Cleon
Eddie Izzard
Socrates
