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Women in Parliament/Socrates and His Clouds " review by Michael Billington

Theatro Technis/Jermyn Street theatre, LondonAside from Lysistrata, the plays of Aristophanes rarely get an outing these days. But these two wildly different updates prove one simple point: the more you try to recapture the originals' bawdy exuberance, the more effectively you get across their political message.Theatro Technis starts with a great advantage: Women in Parliament is Aristophanes's best and most radical …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:03PM on June 10, 2013

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