Getting culture in the boonies
the_original1 and I went to see Sauk Valley Community College's production of Lysistrata on Saturday night. They used Edward Einhorn's translation/adaptation, which isn't quite the same as what I read! The Athenians were "flower children" and the Spartans were some sort of Eastern Bloc people (Lampito says when she first comes on stage, "Yes, me can throttle bull! Me do gymnastics,
make lots of muscles!"). They did a really good job with it, I thought.
make lots of muscles!"). They did a really good job with it, I thought.