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==== | ====Dates: [[:Category:A.D. 66, 1942, 1954, 1967|A.D. 66, 1942, 1954, 1967]] ==== | ||
====Region: [[:Category:Europe|Europe]], [[:Category:North America|North America]]==== | ====Region: [[:Category:Europe|Europe]], [[:Category:North America|North America]]==== | ||
====Subject: [[:Category:Political/Economic/Social Opinion|Political/Economic/Social Opinion]], [[:Category: | ====Subject: [[:Category:Political/Economic/Social Opinion|Political/Economic/Social Opinion]], [[:Category:Explicit Sexuality|Explicit Sexuality]]==== | ||
====Medium: [[:Category:Theater|Theater]], [[:Category:Performance Art|Performance Art]], [[:Category:Literature|Literature]]==== | ====Medium: [[:Category:Theater|Theater]], [[:Category:Performance Art|Performance Art]], [[:Category:Literature|Literature]]==== | ||
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'''Dates of Action:''' A.D. 66, 1942, 1954, 1967 | '''Dates of Action:''' A.D. 66, 1942, 1954, 1967 | ||
'''Location:''' Greece, United States | '''Location:''' Greece, The United States of America | ||
'''Description of Artwork:''' '' | '''Description of Artwork:''' ''Lysistrata'' 411 B.C.: The women of Athens led by Lysistrata, tired of the Peloponnesian war, devise a plan with women of the other warring states | ||
to withhold the pleasures of the flesh from their men until they stop fighting. The play also depicts the seizure of Acropolis and of the treasury of Athens by the women. | |||
'''The Incident:''' A.D. 66 | '''The Incident:''' A.D. 66 Aristophanes' comedies were considered obscene by Plutarch. | ||
1930 United States : Customs ban lifted on ''Lysistrata''. During the period of prohibition the book was published and sold for as little as thirty-five cents; and the drama was played in New York and Philadelphia as adapted by Gilbert Seldes. | 1930 United States : Customs ban lifted on ''Lysistrata''. During the period of prohibition the book was published and sold for as little as thirty-five cents; and the drama was played in New York and Philadelphia as adapted by Gilbert Seldes. | ||
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[[Category:United States]] | [[Category:United States]] | ||
[[Category:Political/Economic/Social Opinion]] | [[Category:Political/Economic/Social Opinion]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Explicit Sexuality]] | ||
[[Category:Theater]] | [[Category:Theater]] | ||
[[Category:Performance Art]] | [[Category:Performance Art]] | ||