 | | eScript Perusal: $1.99 | | eScript Package: $20.00 (Includes print rights for cast and crew) | | First Performance Royalty: $20.00 | | Each Additional Performance Royalty: $20.00 | | Video Rights: $10.00 | | | Type: One Act Play | | Genres: Comedy, Classics, Farce | | Themes: Classic Adaptations, Scheming, Family | | Running Time: 40 minutes | | Speaking Cast: 2 males, 7 either, 9 total cast | | Flexibility: 1-10 extras, doubling possible, gender flexible | | ISBN: 978-1-60003-263-9 |
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| | PRODUCTIONS | | | | | Synopsis | | In this hilarious, updated version of Aristophanes' classic, aging Strepsiades finds himself deep in debt, due to his son Phidippides's fascination with horses. When the creditors come, Strepsiades turns to Sokrates, the "peripatetic philosopher" who at his "Thinkery" teaches "newfangled" forms of logic—foremost among them a philosophy allowing one to talk out of debts. Sokrates finds his new pupil "incapable of grasping even the most basic concepts" (that is, he is simply "too stupid to learn") but the prodigal Phidippides is such a good student he not only argues away the creditors, but also successfully argues the logic of beating his own welshing father. | | | Details: | | ISBN: 978-1-60003-263-9 |
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