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Show
Character
Gender
Male
Playing Age
Adult, Mature Adult
Style
Comedic
Act/Scene
1
Time & Place
Athens
Length
Long
Time Period
Classical
Show Type
Play
Age Guidance
Youth (Y)/General Audiences (G)
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Dicaeopolis has convinced a mob of angry
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Spectators, be not angered if, although I am a beggar, I dare in comedy to speak before the people of Athens of the public weal; even Comedy can sometimes discern what is right. I shall not please, but I shall say what is true. Besides, Cleon
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