The first master of comedy was the playwright Aristophanes. Much later Menander wrote comedies about ordinary people and made his plays more like sit-coms. Tragedy: Tragedy dealt with the big ...

Actors Circle will present the ancient Greek comedy, Aristophanes’ “Lysistrata” March 13-16 and March 21-23 at Providence Playhouse, 1256 Providence Road, Scranton. The play’s heroine ...

There’s a story from ancient Athens that still feels relevant. In 426 BCE, during the annual Athenian drama festival, the ...

The protest echoes the sex strike in Aristophanes’ “Lysistrata,” the Greek comedy where the women of Athens refrained from sleeping with their husbands in order to end the Peloponnesian War.

The first master of comedy was the playwright Aristophanes. Much later Menander wrote comedies about ordinary people and made his plays more like sit-coms. Tragedy: Tragedy dealt with the big ...