Lysistrata (version 2)

Lysistrata has had enough. She is tired of the constant war that is ravaging Greece and has come up with a solution: Together with female friends from other Greek cities, she persuades all women of Greece to pledge an oath and refrain from all sexual contact with their husbands and lovers. The idea is that what men really want is sex, and that they are willing to do anything to get it - even abandoning their pride and make peace. And while the Athenian women retreat into the sacred Acropolis, the men gather outside and debate what is to be done...


This famous play by Aristophanes, first staged in 411 BCE, sheds a light on the relation of the sexes in Ancient Greece, and is probably the first instance of a War of the Sexes.


The translator of this version is unknown, but it is rumored to have been Oscar Wilde. (Summary by Availlle).



Cast List:



Lysistrata: Availle

Calonice: leanneyauyau

Myrrhine: lian2902952

Lampito: clarinetcarrot

Stratyllis: LydiaCW

First woman: leanneyauyau

Second woman: DaMa

Third woman: Kitty

Fourth woman: sawasawaya

A woman & Old Woman: catharmaiden

Chorus of Women: bluechien

Slave: StarFire

Child: LydiaCW

Magistrate: RobBoard

Cinesias: ZamesCurran

Old Man: alanmapstone

Chorus of Old Men: unreadpages

Herald: Fiindil

Laconian: VfkaBT

Chorus of Laconians: alanmapstone

Athenian: NemoR

Chorus of Athenians: WiltedScribe

Market lounger: Mratthew

Narrator: MrsHand


Audio editing: Availle