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Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Feminism and Comedy | 10/25/1991 | See Source »

...Lysistrata is a typical, patriarchal wife and mother...The whole irony [of the play] is that the women are just doing this [withholding sex] to bring the men home. This production tries to underscore that...Ultimately, it's a triumph...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Feminism and Comedy | 10/25/1991 | See Source »

...moving the focus of the play to gender. No weapons literally appear on stage...I am interpreting Lysistrata as a romantic comedy, like 30s and 40s screw ball sex comedies, with banter, husbands and wives...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Feminism and Comedy | 10/25/1991 | See Source »

Imagine ancient Athens with a dash of Mae West, ancient Sparta with a touch of Katherine Hepburn, the Pelopanesian War to the tune of "Singin' in the Rain." Director Amy Cabranes expertly blends these themes in a well-choreographed adaptation of Aristophanes' Lysistrata...

Author: By Amanda Schaffer, | Title: No Sex Please, We're Athenian | 10/25/1991 | See Source »

...Lysistrata is the story of a group of ancient Greek women--Kleonike (China Forbes), Myrrhine (Nell Benjamin), Lampito (Alison Weller) and Ismenia (Daniela Raz) --who, led by the title character (Mary Dixie Carter), withhold sex from their husbands to tempt the men home from...

Author: By Amanda Schaffer, | Title: No Sex Please, We're Athenian | 10/25/1991 | See Source »

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