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CLARK STUDENT SPRING PRODUCTION FOR 'THE BIRDS ARISTOPHANES' PLAY CALLED A PARABLE ON EXPORTING DEMOCRACY

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From: US Fed News Service, Including US State News
Date: 20060321
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Clark University issued the following press release:

Clark University students will perform Aristophanes' "The Birds," Wednesday through Saturday, April 5 - 8 and April 12 - 15. All performances begin at 8 p.m., in Clark's Little Center Theater. Admission is $5; free with a current Clark ID.

First performed in 414 BC, Aristophanes' "The Birds" concerns two men who tire of the endless bickering and corrupt politics in their home city and leave to create a Utopian democracy in the clouds. Although written in ancient Greece, the play is a relevant and modern parable of the dangers and pitfalls ...

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