The Gods are laughing Aristophanes, his life and theatre
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New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2005], c1995.
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Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on May 12, 2005.
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Classroom Video On Demand is distributed by Infobase for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
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As irreverent and bawdy as Aristophanes, but with more accessible humor, this pseudo-biography juxtaposes elements of Aristophanic plays with the activities of contemporaneous people to show how Aristophanes became the father of political satire and why his theatrical innovations are still staples of the contemporary theater. Aristophanes is shown as an artist living on the edge, who uses comedy to mock his enemies and wages a one-man campaign against those Athenians who revel in war and death; he is set off against his son, who wants to write to entertain; a coldly rational Socrates; Cephisophon, the Laurence Olivier of ancient Greece; the dictator, Cleon; and Aristophanes' skeptical mother, who prefers tragedy to comedy. Caution: contains sexual situations.
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Mode of access: Internet.
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System requirements: Classroom Video On Demand playback platform.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
(20051995). The Gods are laughing: Aristophanes, his life and theatre . Infobase.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)20051995. The Gods Are Laughing: Aristophanes, His Life and Theatre. Infobase.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)The Gods Are Laughing: Aristophanes, His Life and Theatre Infobase, 20051995.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)The Gods Are Laughing: Aristophanes, His Life and Theatre Infobase, 20051995.
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