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Lysistrata (/laɪˈsɪstrətə/ or /ˌlɪsəˈstrɑːtə/; Attic Greek: Λυσιστράτη, "Army-disbander") is one of the few surviving plays written by Aristophanes. Originally performed in classical Athens in 411 BC, it is a comic account of one woman's extraordinary mission to end The Peloponnesian War. Lysistrata persuades the women of Greece to withhold sexual privileges from their husbands and lovers as a means of forcing the men to negotiate peace — a strategy, however, that inflames the battle between the sexes. The play is notable for being an early exposé of sexual relations in a male-dominated society. The dramatic structure represents a shift away from the conventions of Old Comedy, a trend typical of the author's career. It was produced in the same year as Thesmophoriazusae, another play with a focus on gender-based issues, just two years after Athens' catastrophic defeat in the Sicilian Expedition.
These lines, spoken by Lysistrata and her friend Calonice at the beginning of the play, set the scene for the action that follows. Women, as represented by Calonice, are sly hedonists in need of firm guidance and direction. Lysistrata however is an extraordinary woman with a large sense of individual responsibility. She has convened a meeting of women from various city states in Greece (there is no mention of how she managed this feat) and, very soon after confiding in her friend about her concerns for the female sex, the women begin arriving.
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Lysistrata is a newly envisioned feature film of Aristophanes shocking comic masterpiece about a sex strike, which ends war and shows why sexual politics are timelessly funny. Zita Walsh has written an adaptation that internationalizes the message of peace. As female leadership progresses from comedy to reality, Lysistrata delivers a plan for world peace.
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Actors: Ashton Crosby (actor), Heather Gault (actress), Heather Gault (actress), Candace Janée (actress), Jaclyn Walsh (actress), James Thomas (producer), Bill Kozy (actor), James Thomas (director), James Thomas (producer), Tanya Rodina (actor), Tanya Rodina (actor), Morgan Marcum (actor), Catherine Rogala (actor), Jane Taylor (actor), Zita Walsh (writer),
Plot: Lysistrata is a newly envisioned feature film of Aristophanes shocking comic masterpiece about a sex strike, which ends war and shows why sexual politics are timelessly funny. Zita Walsh has written an adaptation that internationalizes the message of peace. As female leadership progresses from comedy to reality, Lysistrata delivers a plan for world peace.
Genres: Comedy, Drama, History,Actors: Bibi Besch (actress), Don Stark (actor), Warren Munson (actor), Wren T. Brown (actor), Sherry Hursey (actress), Dee Dee Rescher (actress), Dyana Ortelli (actress), Richard Roat (actor), Laura Johnson (actress), Patricia Charbonneau (actress), Tyrone Power Jr. (actor), Karen Kondazian (actress), Michael Horton (actor), Charley Lang (actor), Maggie Egan (actress),
Genres: Comedy, Romance,Actors: Aleksandr Kalyagin (actor), Olga Kabo (actress), Evgeniy Steblov (actor), Yelena Koreneva (actress), Boris Khmelnitsky (actor), Aristophanes (writer), Konstantin Raykin (actor), Valeri Rubinchik (writer), Valeri Rubinchik (director), Oleg Yanchenko (composer), Valentina Shendrikova (actress), Irina Feofanova (actress), Larisa Polyakova (actress), Yuri Kazyuchits (actor), Yelena Karadzhova (actress),
Plot: Lysistrata led the women of ancient Greece in forcing men to stop the war, that was devastating the land for 21 years. At secret assembly of the women delegates from both sides of the conflict, Lysistrata declared: "We must refrain from the male altogether - till the men come to terms of peace". Her instruction to every wife or mistress was to refuse all sexual favors whatsoever, and sit prettily dressed in best transparent silks, till the men yield to peace.
Keywords: based-on-play, female-frontal-nudity, female-nudity, male-frontal-nudity, male-nudity, male-rear-nudity, peace, sexActors: Armand De Heselle (actor), Ludo Mich (producer), Ludo Mich (director), Erik Kloek (actor), Alain Mathijssens (actor), Jan ter Bruggen (actor), Frans Weyler (actor), Jacques Ambach (actor), Denis Denys (actor), Jozef Hermans (actor), Lode Cafmeyer (producer), Erik Kloek (writer), Frans Weyler (composer), Lode Cafmeyer (editor), Ria Pacquée (actress),
Genres: ,Actors: Jesús Puente (actor), Ismael Merlo (actor), Antonio Molino Rojo (actor), José Morales (actor), Joaquín Bergía (actor), Juan Cortés (actor), Ángel del Pozo (actor), Valeriano Andrés (actor), Francisco Bernal (actor), Manolo Gómez Bur (actor), Rafael Hernández (actor), Rufino Inglés (actor), George Martin (actor), Ángel Menéndez (actor), Pedro Rodríguez de Quevedo (actor),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Marga Legal (actress), Uwe-Detlev Jessen (actor), Walter Jupé (actor), Horst Weinheimer (actor), Gerd Ehlers (actor), Evamaria Bath (actress), Günter Hauk (composer), Ostara Körner (actress), Alfred Müller (actor), Helmut Müller-Lankow (actor), Willi Narloch (actor), Walter Richter-Reinick (actor), Heinz Scholz (actor), Erich Mirek (actor), Kurt Steingraf (actor),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Inge Keller (actress), Frank Michelis (actor), Gerhard Rachold (actor), Kurt Rackelmann (actor), Friedrich Teitge (actor), Axel Triebel (actor), Lissy Tempelhof (actress), Wolf Kaiser (actor), Erik S. Klein (actor), Hans Fiebrandt (actor), Fritz Ernst Fechner (actor), Aristophanes (writer), Else Sanden (actress), Ursula Burg (actress), Waltraud Backmann (actress),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Nerio Bernardi (actor), Paolo Stoppa (actor), Robert Dalban (actor), Gérard Buhr (actor), Mario Carotenuto (actor), Aldo Silvani (actor), Jim Gérald (actor), Jim Gérald (actor), Daniel Ivernel (actor), Albert Michel (actor), Mirko Ellis (actor), Michel Piccoli (actor), Giuseppe Porelli (actor), Jacques Fabbri (actor), Raf Vallone (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Drama,Actors: Alfred Stöger (producer), Theodor Danegger (actor), O.W. Fischer (actor), Paul Kemp (actor), Walter Ladengast (actor), Josef Meinrad (actor), Georg Tressler (actor), Alfred Stöger (director), Alois Melichar (composer), Erich Ziegel (actor), Josef Menschik (actor), Anna Höllering (editor), Inge Konradi (actress), Judith Holzmeister (actress), Aristophanes (writer),
Genres: Comedy,Lysistrata, open up the bedroom door
What is the matter, ain't you in love with me no more?
I enlisted in the army today
One more time before I march away
Make me feel like a big strong man
You say you don't care about my pride
You love me too much just to let me die
And you won't let me come inside
Unless I don't go to war no more
Lysistrata, little boys like to have their fun
And you know I gotta put on my colors and get my gun
Every able bodied man that I know
Every patriot is packed to go
Won't you give me a last goodbye
I'll be sent off to a distant land
to spill my blood upon some foreign sand
And I may die by an enemy's hand
And then I won't go to war no more, war no more and no
Then I won't go to war no more
Send the boys all back to the farm
Tell the troops it was a false alarm
'Cause if I die I wanna be in your arms
And so I won't go to war, no, I won't go to war