The people: Played by:

Lysistrata Davine Lambert 

Kalonike   Daphne Leurs, Eeke Boonstra 
Mirrhine   Claire Hordijk, Julia Damberg 
Lampito   Eva Slomp 
Kinesias   Steven Ivo 
Regent   Stan van der Burght 
Adonis   Giovanni Brand 
Calisto   Romano Haynes 
Koor   Kimberley Bieshaar, Marjolein Epke, Laura Grinwis,
Myrthe Koning en Mathilde Woudenberg 
Index:
Page one - Front
Page two - Index and Introduction
Page tree - Information, Form and Contents
Page four - Contents and function and the people behind the theater.
Page five - My meaning and the people behind the theater.
Page six - Source

Introduction:
On the ninth of October we went to Theater Hofplein in Rotterdam to go to a play.
It has just past one o’clock in the afternoon and my phone rang. It was Ruben, he
asked me if I was fine with the idea to come earlier over. He and his dad were near
Rhoon and they could pick me and Lyn already up. We were supposed to go in the
evening there but this was more efficient.
When we were at Ruben’s house, we were acting crazy and had lots of fun. After this
time for our own, we helped making the diner and ate. We were actually in a rush, so
we hurried up and walked at 18.30 straight to the bus. The bus came a couple minutes
later and that was the start of our theater tour.

Information:
The name Lysistrata comes originally from Greece, this story also takes place into
Greece. In Attic Greek you write it like: Λυσιστράτη which means Army-disbander.
The original play is played in the year 411 BC in Athens. It’s an ancient Greek play
about a woman's quest to end war by withholding sex from the men of Athens and
Sparta until they sign a peace treaty.
The play was in the Jeugd theater Hofplein in the Shakespeare room. As I said in the
introduction it was the ninth of October, the day we’ve been there.
If you like to read a review, click here or copy this page:
http://www.musicalworld.nl/artikel/lysistrata_make_war_no_sex

Form:
The theatre was very small, I think there can be maximum 75 people inside it. There
were different floors for the audients, we were sitting at the highest floor.
Because of us looking down on the play, we had a great view and we could saw
everything and everyone very good.
The actors had all clothes on that was supposed to look like, if they were from a very
long time ago. They didn’t had that much attributes, so they had to play with very less.
They used a lot of music, which made the play even more come alive, I think it would
have been boring ells.

Contents:
It’s already a very long time war between Athens and Sparta. The women have enough
of it, they’re sick of it. On a curtain day Lysistrata calls all the ladies from town to talk
about everything. Lysistrata made up a very clever plan to stop the war a let men sign a
peace treaty. When Lysistrata convinced everybody, they made an agreement: they
didn’t had sex with all men until they signed the treaty.
The beginning is easy for the girls, but after a while even them want sex again.
Lysistrata tells them to keep holding on and she was right, because after months
they’ve won. The men had enough of it and signed the peace treaty.
The most important problem is the war and that the women want to stop it, ut they
don’t know how.
The most important character is Lysistrata, because she is the leader of the women
represent the peacemakers. She is a very strong woman, because back than the women
had no right to speak, but Lysistrata did so. Bisides Lysistrata the men are very
important, because they play a very humoristic role in this play.
The relationship between these characters is that Lysistrata want to make peace
between the four guys in the play. Each two guys represent the Athens and the
Spartans.
The people in the play are just normal people, but their point of view is that war is
wrong.
Lysistrata made the most impression at me, because she had to play a very huge role
and she is such a very strong woman.

Function:
The story is a tragedy comedy, so a combination of both. The meaning of this play is
also a combination, back in 411 BC this was a massage and now it is just to amuse.
The amuse part is very much because they used, for example a big penis, just for fun.
The massage is that war is wrong and that you shall not make mar, because war brings
nothing good with it.
To keep the audients enthusiast, the director used a lot of music. Like this we keep
looking at it.

My meaning:
The day I went to theater I wasn’t expecting a lot, because I didn’t do much research
jet. I knew I was going to the Jeugd Theatre, so I was expecting a bigger stage, but
instead we’ve got a smaller room. That doesn’t matter because the actors could bring a
better relation between them and the audients.
The thing that made the most impression at me, was that they made a play with only
that less stuffs.
It was very funny, but also I’ve learned a little bit about the past. I liked the play very
much because it was both funny and you keep watching: it was interesting. Lysistrata
is a great story about love, humor and war, but also they’ve used items from nowadays.
For example they were talking about the subway and that kind of stuffs.
“A long time ago.” That’s how the story starts. So you think it’s like a fairly tail, but it
isn’t. The sentence: a long time ago is about the introduction of the story. Two girls
introduce the whole cast and tell us a little bit about the history of this story.The music
starts and so does the play. “It’s enough!” That’s the first sentence in this play.

These are the people behind the theatre I saw, with their functions:

Script and direction: Louis Lemaire   

Composer: Ton Scherpenzeel 
Choreografy: Marijke Lips 
Musical charge: Roxane Hofman  
Voices and textinterpretation: Philippe Lemaire 
Costumdisign: Sara Hakkenberg  
Decordesign: David van der Wees 
Props: Marsha Agerbeek  
Technic: Jeroen Helsloot, Dennie Lindenberg   
Dressers: Lize Wets, Donna Darius  
Production charge: Caroline Rutten   
Publicity: Karolien Sas, Amarinsk Abels, Janneke Hauser
Fotografy: Maarten Laupman, Joke Schot 

The source:
The most information I knew by heart, but thinks like the people behind the story and
thinks about the play back in 411 BC, I’ve got from the websites:

www.jeugdtheaterhofplein.nl
http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysistrata
The pictures from http://www.google.nl/images?
hl=nl&source=imghp&biw=1149&bih=534&q=lysistrata&gbv=2&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&
oq=&gs_rfa=