Aristophanes: The Gods Are Laughing

52m
ComedyHistory
7

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
Frances Barber
Adonia
Patrick Barlow
Cephisophon
Rosalie Crutchley
Aristophanes' mother
Dexter Fletcher
Aristophanes' son
Robert Pugh
Cleon
Eddie Izzard
Socrates
Richard Strange
Pericles
Ewen Bremner
Unknown
Roger Ashton-Griffiths
Unknown

Crew

Coky Giedroyc
Director
April De Angelis
Writer
Tariq Ali
Producer
Nick Bicât
Music

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