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Aristophanes: The Gods Are Laughing

Aristophanes: The Gods Are Laughing

Coky Giedroyc

1995

  • Comedy
  • History
7.0

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 & crew

  • Coky GiedroycDirector
  • Robert GlenisterAristophanes
  • Frances BarberAdonia
  • Patrick BarlowCephisophon
  • Rosalie CrutchleyAristophanes' mother
  • Dexter FletcherAristophanes' son
  • Robert PughCleon
  • Suzy Eddie IzzardSocrates
  • Richard StrangePericles

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