{"product_id":"9780415812153","title":"Sex and War on the American Stage : Lysistrata in performance 1930-2012","description":"\u003cp\u003eAmerican adaptations of Aristophanes’ enduring comedy \u003ci\u003eLysistrata\u003c\/i\u003e have used laughter to critique sex, war, and feminism for nearly a century. Unlike almost any other play circulating in contemporary theatres, \u003ci\u003eLysistrata\u003c\/i\u003e has\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eoutlived its classical origins in 411 BCE and continues to shock and delight audiences to this day. The play’s \"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 \u003ci\u003eLysistrata\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStarting with the play’s first mainstream production in the U.S. in 1930, Emily B. Klein explores the varied iterations of \u003ci\u003eLysistrata\u003c\/i\u003e that have graced the American stage, page, and screen since the Great Depression. These include the Federal Theatre’s 1936 Negro Repertory production, the 1955 movie musical \u003ci\u003eThe Second Greatest Sex \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eSpiderwoman Theater’s openly political \u003ci\u003eLysistrata Numbah!\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as Douglas Carter Beane’s Broadway musical,　\u003ci\u003eLysistrata Jones, \u003c\/i\u003eand　the international Lysistrata Project protests,　which updated the classic in the contemporary context of the Iraq War.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Routledge","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46045827301455,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":8190.0,"currency_code":"TWD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0672\/9174\/2287\/files\/9780415812153-1.jpg?v=1784957851","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.tw\/ja\/products\/9780415812153","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Taiwan","version":"1.0","type":"link"}