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From: The Boston Globe
Date: 20061019
Author:Denise Taylor

GLOBE WEST 1 / ARTS

Take Jon Stewart, wrap him in a toga, and zap him back to ancient Greece and "The Daily Show" host just might seem a whole lot like Aristophanes, the hotshot political satirist of the 420 BC crowd.

Or looked at another way, "Stoph's" style of searing, take-no- prisoners wit still gets a lot of traction today, which is why Nick Paone of Franklin decided to dust off one of the Athenian's most outrageous plays and update it with the help of 12 teenagers.

The Franklin Performing Arts Company presents its version of Aristophanes's "The Acharnians" this weekend. Titled "Abrumpo's ...

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