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'LYSISTRATA' FOR PEACE WORLDWIDE READINGS OF ARISTOPHANES' PLAY GIVE CLASSICAL TAKE ON OPPOSING WAR IN IRAQ.(U)

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From: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Date: 20030303
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Byline: Evan Henerson Theater Writer

Anyone whose family tree leads to the ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes would do well to make himself known. Today figures to be a great day for collecting royalties.

Readings of ``Lysistrata,'' the bawdy anti-war comedy about a group of women who refuse to sleep with their husbands until they agree to end the Peloponnesian War, will take place in more than 791 cities in 46 countries Monday. ``The Lysistrata Project,'' created by a pair of New York actors, literally spans the globe - from star-studded readings in L.A. and New York ...

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