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Translating the Lysistrata, Part One (1:30)
12016-06-06T17:00:29-07:00Norman Sandridgeaede92262dbe9a4752784e60e5be78fe98ea442488765plain2016-07-05T06:36:46-07:00Norman Sandridgeaede92262dbe9a4752784e60e5be78fe98ea4424Imagine that you have been given the opportunity to produce a version of the Lysistrata in a contemporary setting. This will require you to reconsider everything about the play and update it as necessary. This includes the character types you want to use, the settings, the contemporary references, even the details of the dialogue. It also includes things like the stereotypical assumptions about gender in Aristophanes' time compared to our own.
Read lines 1-??? and answer the questions from the perspective of translating the Lysistrata into a contemporary setting.