Center Stage is a house which is used first as the house of Heracles and then of Plouto. He is rather rotund and carries a protruding and obvious belly. He is a contradiction of effeminacy and misplaced bravado. This club gives him also enormous discomfort and frequently lifts it up off the floor, puts it down again, drags it along, puts it on his shoulder, changes shoulders, giving a heartfelt grunt every time. Dionysus is walking beside him disguised as Heracles, ie, on top of his usual delicate bright yellow robe and beautiful, red lady boots (full of bows and ribbons) he has thrown a lion’s skin and he’s carrying -or more often than not, dragging on the ground – the huge club with which Heracles is usually identified. He is tired and uncomfortable and shifts his own weight on the donkey. Xanthias is riding a donkey and is carrying a bundle of pots, pans a variety of small bundles tied to the edge of a long stick, resting on his shoulder. Enter two men, Dionysus and Xanthias, his slave. Under no circumstances should any of this work be used as part of a collage, which includes the work of other writers or translators. For use by any theatrical, educational or cinematic organisation, however, including a non-commercial one, permission must be sought. This work may be freely reproduced, stored and transmitted, electronically or otherwise, for any non-commercial purpose. Translated by George Theodoridis © Copyright 2008, all rights reserved - Bacchicstage A delightful gem by a writer whose work remains as relevant as ever.‘Aristophanes’ - "Greek Dramas" (p355, 1900): Internet Archive Book Images Thank to this play, culminating in an iconic scene of poetic "duel" between Aeschylus and Euripides, Aristophanes provides a scathing commentary on the bankrupt political values of his time. The play tackles the descent of god Dionysus to the Underworld, where he embarks on a quest to bring the best tragic poet back to the world of the living, in an attempt to restore theatre to its former glory. Written in 405 BC, at the end of the Golden Age of Pericles, The Frogs is one of Aristophanes' timeless and most beloved masterworks. The performance will be available worldwide (with the exception of Greece) and exclusively through and at the Festival's official YouTube channel, Athens Epidaurus Festival, free of charge, although donations are welcome. The performance will be in Greek, with English subtitles, and lasts approximately 1 hour and 45 minutes. The play includes a stellar cast of renowned Greek theatre actors and a strikingly original musical performance.įollowing last year's hugely successful live streaming of The Persians by the National Theatre of Greece, watched by over 100,000 viewers worldwide, The Frogs will be streamed live on July 10 at 21:00 Athens time (GMT +3), with the support of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports, in collaboration with Google Greece. ATHENS, Greece, J/PRNewswire/ - As the world is still reeling from the pandemic and exploring new ways to re-ignite theatre in the COVID-19 era, the Athens Epidaurus Festival invites international audiences to the most beautiful theatre of the ancient world for a live broadcast of Aristophanes' comic masterpiece The Frogs, by acclaimed director Argyro Chioti in her Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus debut.
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