Frogs
by Aristophanes
SUMMER TOUR
The god Dionysus is worried about the lack of poets capable of
teaching morality to the Athenians, and so decides to descend into the
underworld to bring Euripides back to life. With him he takes his slave,
Xanthias. During the course of their journey, master and slave change
roles a number of times to avoid trouble, but on every occasion it leads
to a comic misunderstanding. Arriving at their destination, the
travellers witness a furious argument between Euripides and Aeschylus,
each of whom is claiming the Throne of Tragedy in Hades. As god of the
theatre, Dionysus is appointed judge but the contest is inconclusive.
Dionysus final decision is surprising; although he began his journey
with the aim of bringing Euripides back to Earth, he finally leaves
Hades with Aeschylus.
Frogs was performed at the Lenaia
festival in 406 BC, where it won first prize. Apart from the originality
of the plot, and the undoubted imaginativeness and comedy of the play,
Frogs is also an early form of literary criticism through Aristophanes’
juxtaposition of the two tragic poets. The play was first performed by
the Greek National Theatre in 1959 at the ancient theatre of Epidaurus
in a production directed by Alexis Solomos.
- Directed and adapted by Yannis Kakleas
- Set Manolis Pantelidakis
- Costumes Eva Nathena
- Music Stavros Gasparatos
- Movement & choreography Christos Papadopoulos
- Lighting Sakis Birbilis
- Music coach Melina Peonidou Melina Peonidou
- Assistant director Nurmala Easty
- Dramaturg Eva Saraga
- Assistant to the costume design Evelina Darzenta, Dafni Kolyva
- Assistant to the set design Elina Drakou, Alegia Papageorgiou
Cast:
- Konstantinos Gavalas
- Lambros Ktenavos
- Spiros Bibilas
- Vassilis Haralambopoulos
- Eddie Lame
- Vaggelis Hatzinikolaou
- Stelios Iakovidis
- Maria Konstantaki
- Konstantinos Kounellas
- Myrto Grapsa
- Eirini Boudali
- Alexandros Laskaratos
- Laertis Malkotsis
- Fanis Mouratidis
- Paola Mylona
- Agoritsa Oikonomou
- Alexandra Ousta
- Socratis Patsikas
- Antonis Strouzas
- Evelina Papoulia
- Ivan Svitailo
- Ioanna Toumpakari
- Angeliki Trompouki
- Giorgis Tsouris
- Panos Vlahos
- Yannis Zouganelis
FROGSby Aristophanes
NATIONAL THEATRESummer Tour 2014
TICKET PRICE15 euro
10 euro for students/children
10 euro for seniors
5 euro for unemployed
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