The Birth of Comedy: From sausage-sellers to suffragettes, questioning and puncturing our political leaders through satire has been essential for democracy ever since comedy was born in Ancient Greece, argues Edith Hall

Edith Hall

The Birth of Comedy: From sausage-sellers to suffragettes, questioning and puncturing our political leaders through satire has been essential for democracy ever since comedy was born in Ancient Greece, argues Edith Hall

Edith Hall^*

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King's College London

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Original language	English
Journal	History Today
Volume	65
Issue number	6
Publication status	Published - 1 Jun 2015

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