The read
It runs a compact 52m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.8/10
2 audience votes
Key crew
- April De AngelisWriter
- Coky GiedroycDirector
Cast
- Robert GlenisterAristophanes
- Frances BarberAdonia
- Patrick BarlowCephisophon
- Rosalie CrutchleyAristophanes' mother
- Dexter FletcherAristophanes' son
- Robert PughCleon
- Suzy Eddie IzzardSocrates
- Richard StrangePericles
- Ewen BremnerCast
- Roger Ashton-GriffithsCast