Thesmophoriazusae

About the show

Euripides fears the women gathered at the Thesmophoria will punish him for his plays’ portrayals of women. He sends his elderly in-law Mnesilochus, disguised as a woman, to spy on them; when the women expose and arrest him, Euripides tries several theatrical disguises and plots before negotiating with the chorus and arranging Mnesilochus’s escape.