Aristophanes: Lysistrata

Lysistrata, frustrated at the ongoing violence of the civil war, convinces the women of Athens to deny their husbands sex, until a treaty for peace has been signed. Aristophanes is astonishingly ahead of his time in this, probably his greatest and most enduring comedy.

Author: Aristophanes
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 01/01/2007
Pages: 62
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.37lbs
Size: 8.34h x 5.14w x 0.18d
ISBN13: 9781840026450
ISBN10: 1840026456
BISAC Categories:
- Drama | European | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- Drama | Ancient & Classical

About the Author
Born in Manchester in 1959, Ranjit Bolt was educated at Perse School and at Balliol College, Oxford. He worked as an investment analyst and advisor for eight years, before concentrating on theatre translation from the end of 1990. Ranjit Bolt's acclaimed translations for the theatre include works by Molière, Seneca, Sophocles, Corneille, Beaumarchais, Brecht, Goldoni and Zorilla.