Released:
1995-09-05

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.

Director:
Coky Giedroyc

Runtime:
0h 52min

Genre:
Comedy, History

• Cast:
• 
  Robert Glenister
  as
  Aristophanes
• 
  Frances Barber
  as
  Adonia
• 
  Patrick Barlow
  as
  Cephisophon
• 
  Rosalie Crutchley
  as
  Aristophanes' mother
• 
  Dexter Fletcher
  as
  Aristophanes' son