CLOUDS
by Aristophanes
performing
at Palazzo Altemps, American Academy
in a new translation by
Charles Connaghan
Metrical translation of choral lyrics by Curtis Franklin
A
country bumpkin, deep in debt, forces his son, a good boy keen
on wine, women and chariot racing, to study under Socrates. Soon
both are in a muddle unable to choose between traditional values
and flashy new ideas.
Directed by novelist playwright David Mowat of RADA in London,
this production captures a new translation by University of London
Scholars John Curtis Franklin and |

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