Lysistrata by Aristophanes (Nicosia)

Wed Jun 23, 2010 to
Wed Jul 14, 2010

21:00

Location

Makarios III Amphitheatre
(Amphitheater of School for Blind)
28th October Street
Acropoli, Nicosia 2012

THOC
Phone: 22492900

Description

The Cyprus Theatre Organization this summer presents a modern, fresh production of the classic world-famous anti-war comedy Lysistrata by Aristophanes.

Lysistrata is one of the few surviving plays written by Aristophanes. Originally performed in classical Athens in 411 BC, it is a comic account of one woman's extraordinary mission to end The Peloponnesian War. Lysistrata convinces the women of Greece to withhold sexual privileges from their husbands and lovers as a means of forcing the men to negotiate peace, a strategy however that inflames the battle between the sexes. The play is notable for its exposé of sexual relations in a male-dominated society and for its use of both double entendre and explicit obscenities.

(in Greek)