American adaptations of Aristophanes enduring comedy Lysistrata have used laughter to critique sex; war; and feminism for nearly a century. The plays "make love not war" message and bawdy humor render it endlessly appealing to college campuses; activist groups; and community theatres - so much so that none of Aristophanes plays are performed in the West as frequently as Lysistrata.Starting with the plays first mainstream production in the U.S. in 1930; Emily B. Klein explores the varied iterations of Lysistrata that have graced the American stage; page; and screen since the Great Depression. These include the Federal Theatres 1936 Negro Repertory production; the 1955 movie musical The Second Greatest Sex and Spiderwoman Theaters openly political Lysistrata Numbah!; as well as Douglas Carter Beanes Broadway musical; Lysistrata Jones; Meg Wolitzers The Uncoupling; and the international Lysistrata Project protests; which updated the classic in the contemporary context of the Iraq War.Although Aristophanes oeuvre has been the subject of much classical scholarship; Lysistrata has received little attention from feminist theatre scholars or performance theorists. In response; this book maps current debates over Lysistratas dubious feminist underpinnings and uses performance theory; cultural studies; and gender studies to investigate how new adaptations reveal the socio-political climates of their origins.
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