Lysistrata: A New Adaptation of Aristophanes' Comedy"What if they stopped a war because nobody came?" The first make-love-not-war play ever written, Lysistrata is a bawdy comedy about the War Between the Sexes set against the tragedy of a civil war. Ball and Chemers have created a new version of the play that brings out the erotic playfulness of the original while expanding on Aristophanes' unsparing dissection of militarism. Complete with important notes and historical commentary by Brian Johnston, Lysistrata reminds us that the most powerful weapon against war may be hope. |
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| Title | Lysistrata: A New Adaptation of Aristophanes' Comedy |
| Editors | John A. Ball, Michael M. Chemers |
| Publisher | Carnegie Mellon University Press, 2008 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 3 Apr 2010 |
| ISBN | 0887484905, 9780887484902 |
| Length | 118 pages |
| Subjects | › › Drama / Ancient & Classical Literary Criticism / Drama Performing Arts / Theater / General |
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