I performed this play last spring (a different translation) and did not enjoy it as much as I hoped. Aristophanes has a great concept, but I don't feel like it was executed as well as it could be. I feel like people think its a classic just because its old.
Its worth a read for fans of old Greek plays, but there are certainly much better.
My suggestion: Go with Sophocles instead.
Its worth a read for fans of old Greek plays, but there are certainly much better.
My suggestion: Go with Sophocles instead.
Story line concerns women taking over: they refuse their men...ahem... all sexual favors until the men lay down their arms and quit making war. A comedy.
Hilarious! Lysistrata, an Athenian woman, gets the women to band together to strike agains the men in order to make them stop fighting the Spartans and to call a truce. She even manages to get the Spartan women involved to a point. Her idea, withhold sex until the men come to their senses. Comedy ensues when the women agree and the men come home for a much needed break from the war.
