Mihail Marmarinos meets the great comic poet for the first time, along with a group of exquisite actors. The play is presented in a new translation by Dimitris Dimitriadis.
“Lysistrata” was taught in 411 BC, approximately a year and a half after the disastrous debacle Athens and its allies experienced in the Sicilian Expedition. Within this ambience Aristophanes addresses an ultimate ‒partly farcical, partly tragic‒ appeal for peace, writing his most anti-war play and, at the same time, delivers to the international literature one of the most powerful symbols of feminine rebelliousness.
Play Synopsis
While the Peloponnesian War rages, keeping men far away from their homes, Lysistrata convinces the women of Athens and Sparta to abstain from their “marital obligations”, aiming at the discontinuance of the warfare between the two cities. At the same time, the women proceed in squatting the Treasury that funds the warfare. The women’s action has immediate results and the men’s side expostulates using all possible means. After setbacks, quarrels and negotiations, peace is achieved and the fact is celebrated with a Dionysian feast.
Translation: Dimitris Dimitriadis
Direction: Mihail Marmarinos
Composition: Dimitris Kamarotos
Sets: Giorgos Sapountzis
Costumes: Magiou Trikerioti
Lighting: Thomas Walgrave
Movement: Christos Papadopoulos
Artistic Collaborator: Efi Theodorou
Assistant Director: Theodora Kapralou
Cast: Giannis Vogiatzis, Athina Dimitrakopoulou, Lena Drosaki, Evaggelia Karakatsani, Anna Kladi, Lena Kitsopoulou, Sofia Kokkali, Eirini Marki, Athina Maximou, Giorgos Biniaris, Eleni Boukli, Electra Nikolouzou, Themis Panou, Aglaia Pappa, Lena Papaligoura, Marina Satti, Maria Skoula, Elena Topalidou, Haris Tsitsakis, Emilios Chilakis
Piano: Lenio Liatsou
9 September, Forest Theatre (Theatro Dassous), Thessaloniki
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