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Sex and the Assembly (Ekklesiazousai)
by Aristophanes
New translation by Carl Mueller
Directed by Hugh Denard
Coordinated by James Claridge
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It is Athens, sometime between the 5th and 4th Century BC. The men
rule the city and the women are in the same category as slaves.
However, something is about to change. The women unite, revolt, dress
up as men and take over the Ekklesia (the Athenian democratic
assembly). They advocate a communist Utopia marked by community
property, community feeding, and, not least (at least not in an
Aristophanes play), community sex!
A host of Loft regulars brought this bawdy classical comedy to life in
an evening of drama, laughs, drinks and, did we mention, sex?
The players
Ann Williams, Kathy Crawshaw, Angie Collins, Roy Donoghue, David
Draper, Mike Crawshaw, Anne Houston, Judy Murdoch, Anne Wood, Helen
Wall, Philippa Semper, Michael Bibb, Lauren Boswell, Vanessa Comer and
Dawn Morris.
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