Peace

Peace (Greek: Εἰρήνη, Eirēnē) is an Athenian Old Comedy written and produced by the Greek playwright Aristophanes. It won second prize at the City Dionysia where it was staged just a few days before the Peace of Nicias was validified (421 BC), which promised to end the ten year old Peloponnesian War. The play is notable for its joyous anticipation of peace and for its celebration of a return to an idyllic life in the countryside. However, it also sounds a note of caution, there is bitterness in the memory of lost opportunities and the ending is not happy for everyone. As in all Aristophanes' plays, the jokes are numerous, the action is wildly absurd and the satire is savage.

Translated into Afrikaans by Nerina Ferreira with the title Vrede. Directed for CAPAB by Peter Kleinschmidt in August 1983, starring Johan Malherbe, Percy Sieff, Mees Xteen, George Ballot and Amanda Strydom (Dawid Minnaar?). Music by Marilyn Taylor, decor and costumes by Peter Cazalet, lighting by Malcolm Hurrell.

Sources

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_(play)

Nico Malan Theatre pamphlet

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