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Liz Estrada
Allen Huffstutter, author
In 411 BC, Greek playwright Aristophanes penned Lysistrata. The play tells the story of a group of courageous women who devise a unique strategy for dealing with their government’s fiscal mismanagement and for ending the Peloponnesian War, which had been going on for 20 years at the time the play was first produced.
Now, more than 2,400 years later, have things really changed or can we still learn from this tale? Can uppity women in the era that gave us Trump and the endless Afghan conflict pick up any tricks from their ancient Greek sisters?
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Jun 26, 2021Will liked it
To my surprise, this is not the musical "Liz Estrada" I saw at the NY Fringe Festival.
What it is is a very faithful adaptation of Aristophanes placed in a contemporary setting.. The writer accomplished what he set out to do in a way which offers satisfaction.