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.
Cast:
Robert Glenister, Frances Barber, Patrick Barlow, Rosalie Crutchley, Dexter Fletcher
Aristophanes
Adonia
Cephisophon
Aristophanes' mother
Aristophanes' son
Cleon
Socrates
Pericles