Question: Finishing the Hat: Collected Lyrics is a book that contains lyrics from a song that was "freely adpted" from an ancient greek comedy by who?

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Dyskolos: Dyskolos (Greek: , ] , translated as "The Grouch", "The Misanthrope", "The Curmudgeon", "The Bad-tempered Man" or "Old Cantankerous") is an Ancient Greek comedy by Menander, the only one of his plays, and of the whole "New Comedy", that has survived in almost complete form.  It was first presented at the Lenaian festival in 317–16 BC, where it won Menander the first-place prize.  It was long known only through fragmentary quotations; but a papyrus manuscript of the nearly complete "Dyskolos, "dating to the 3rd century, was recovered in Egypt in 1952 and forms part of the Bodmer Papyri.

Finishing the Hat: Finishing the Hat: Collected Lyrics (1954–1981) with Attendant Comments, Principles, Heresies, Grudges, Whines and Anecdotes is a book by American musical theatre composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim.  The book contains Sondheim's lyrics from his first professionally staged show, "Saturday Night" (1954) through "West Side Story", "", "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum", "Anyone Can Whistle", "Do I Hear a Waltz? ", "Company", "Follies", "A Little Night Music", "The Frogs", "Pacific Overtures", "", and ending with "Merrily We Roll Along" (1981), stopping just short of the Pulitzer Prize-winning "Sunday in the Park with George" (1984) which contains the song from which the title of the book is taken.

Plutus (play): Plutus (Ancient Greek: Πλοῦτος , "Ploutos", "Wealth") is an Ancient Greek comedy by the playwright Aristophanes, first produced in 408 BC, revised and performed again in c. 388 BC.  A political satire on contemporary Athens, it features the personified god of wealth Plutus.  Reflecting the development of Old Comedy towards New Comedy, it uses such familiar character types as the stupid master and the insubordinate slave to attack the morals of the time.

The Candy Man: "The Candy Man" (or alternatively, "The Candy Man Can") is a song which originally appeared in the 1971 film "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory".  It was written by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley specifically for the film.  Although the original book by Roald Dahl ("Charlie and the Chocolate Factory") contains lyrics adapted for other songs in the film, the lyrics to "The Candy Man" do not appear in the book.  The soundtrack version of the song was sung by Aubrey Woods, who played Bill the candy store owner in the film.

Ancient Greek comedy: Ancient Greek comedy was one of the final three principal dramatic forms in the theatre of classical Greece (the others being tragedy and the satyr play).  Athenian comedy is conventionally divided into three periods: Old Comedy, Middle Comedy, and New Comedy.  Old Comedy survives today largely in the form of the eleven surviving plays of Aristophanes, while Middle Comedy is largely lost, i.e. preserved only in relatively short fragments by authors such as Athenaeus of Naucratis.  New Comedy is known primarily from the substantial papyrus fragments of Menander.

There Must Be Another Way: "There Must Be Another Way" is a song by Israeli singers Noa and Mira Awad, and was Israel's entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009, finishing 16th with 53 points.  The song competed in the first semifinal on 12 May, qualifying for the final round.  The song was composed by Noa, Awad, and Gil Dor, and contains lyrics in English, Hebrew and Arabic.

Cordax: The cordax (Ancient Greek: Κόρδαξ ), was a provocative, licentious, and often obscene mask dance of ancient Greek comedy.  In his play "The Clouds," Aristophanes complains that other playwrights of his time try to hide the feebleness of their plays by bringing an old woman onto the stage to dance the cordax.  He notes with pride that his patrons will not find such gimmicks in his plays.

Oi Treis Harites: Oi Treis Harites (Greek: Οι Τρεις Χάριτες , "The Three Harites") is a Greek comedy series created by Michalis Reppas and Thanasis Papathanasiou which aired on Mega Channel from February 8, 1990 to April 20, 1992.  The name "Harites" was taken partly from ancient Greek mythology (The Three Graces) and partly from their surname, which was "Haritou".

The Frogs (musical): The Frogs is a musical "freely adapted" by Stephen Sondheim and Burt Shevelove from "The Frogs", an Ancient Greek comedy by Aristophanes.  Dionysus, despairing of the quality of living dramatists, travels to Hades to bring George Bernard Shaw back from the dead.  William Shakespeare competes with Shaw for the title of best playwright, which he wins.  Dionysus chooses to bring Shakespeare back, thereby improving the world and its political situation; art saves civilization.

The Invisible Parade &amp; We Almost Made It: We Almost Made It is the title of Joseph Arthur's first artbook, released in 2006.  It comes with a CD titled The Invisible Parade, a 21-track disc of mostly instrumental songs.  Joseph described the set as "an artbook with a soundtrack."  Only 5000 copies of the book/disc set were released.  The hardcover book contains 110 pages of Joseph's original artwork, marking the first time a collection of his artwork has been made available for publication.  The songs "Chapter 4," "Chapter 15," and "Chapter 19" are the only songs on the disc that have lyrics.  "Chapter 15" contains lyrics taken from Joseph's poem ""On a boat from Ireland to England,"" and "Chapter 19" contains lyrics from the poem ""I saw a nail driven into his hand"" (both poems posted on Joseph's website in October 2005).  "Chapter 1" and "Chapter 8" also appeared in the documentary film "Deliver Us from Evil" in 2006 (with "Chapter 1" listed as "Cathedral," and "Chapter 8" listed as "Pyramids").  The book was only available through his website and at his live shows.

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Answer: Aristophanes