Welcome to "Crash Course Theater". And today, we're going to be covering Greek satyr plays and classical Greek comedy. We'll also take a look at Aristophanes "Lysistrata", a play in which the ...

Aaron Poochigian’s new translation of four plays of Aristophanes into clear, vivid, metrical verse is therefore welcome. He obviously cares about technique, and largely pulls off the difficult trick ...

THERE are many reasons why a study of Aristophanes by Mr. Gilbert Murray should be welcomed by a wider public than that of classical scholars alone. Revivals of the ancient comic poet in recent ...

A number of productions of Aristophanes’ “Lysistrata” open with the stage in total darkness, the characters entering one at a time, sometimes carrying lit candles that seem to float. But director Gary ...

Translated for the stage by Gary Beck and Jane Oliensis, three of the oldest, funniest comedies of Aristophanes are now available to those who love a good read. Great characters and stories ...

The play to-night consisted of scenes from the "Birds" of Aristophanes, a Greek comedy. The music for the lyric and choral passages was written by Prof. J. K. Paine of the department of music.

“Women in Congress,” based on Aristophanes’ ancient Greek text of the same name, is a comedic play about Athenian women attempting to take control of the government by dressing up in drag to ...

Aristophanes wasn’t shy about incorporating a parade of phalluses in his comedies, and neither is Troubadour Theater Company in “Lizastrata,” an appropriately bawdy riff on one of the ...

Vermont Actors’ Repertory Theatre Vermont Actors’ Repertory Theatre will present Aristophanes’ “Lysistrata,” translated by Sarah Ruden, April 19-28 at West Rutland Town Hall Theatre, at 35 Marble St.