Why is Aristophanes called "The Father of Comedy"? - Mark Robinson
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Aristophanes, often referred to as the Father of Comedy, wrote the world’s earliest surviving comic dramas. They're stuffed full of parodies, songs, sexual jokes and surreal fantasy -- and they’ve shaped how comedy’s been written and performed ever since. Mark Robinson shares a brief history of Aristophanes.
Was Aristophanes right to think that comedy could challenge Athens’ involvement in the Peloponnesian War? To what extent?
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- Educator Mark Robinson
- Director Anton Bogaty
- Narrator Adrian Dannatt
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- Associate Producer Bethany Cutmore-Scott, Elizabeth Cox
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