Film

Aristophanes: The Gods Are Laughing

7.0199552mComedy History

Director: Coky Giedroyc
Year: 1995

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.

Top cast

Robert Glenister

Aristophanes

Frances Barber

Adonia

Patrick Barlow

Cephisophon

Rosalie Crutchley

Aristophanes' mother

Dexter Fletcher

Aristophanes' son

Robert Pugh

Cleon

Suzy Eddie Izzard

Socrates

Richard Strange

Pericles

Ewen Bremner

Roger Ashton-Griffiths

Directed by

Coky Giedroyc

Written by

April De Angelis

Produced by

Tariq Ali