Greek Theatre in the Fourth Century BC

1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-3-11-033748-8
Verlag: De Gruyter

Buch, Englisch, 578 Seiten, Format (B × H): 215 mm x 286 mm, Gewicht: 1683 g

Age-old scholarly dogma holds that the death of serious theatre went hand-in-hand with the 'death' of the city-state and that the fourth century BC ushered in an era of theatrical mediocrity offering shallow entertainment to a depoliticised citizenry. The traditional view of fourth-century culture is encouraged and sustained by the absence of dramatic texts in anything more than fragments. Until recently, little attention was paid to an enormous array of non-literary evidence attesting, not only the sustained vibrancy of theatrical culture, but a huge expansion of theatre throughout (and even beyond) the Greek world. Epigraphic, historiographic, iconographic and archaeological evidence indicates that the fourth century BC was an age of exponential growth in theatre. It saw: the construction of permanent stone theatres across and beyond the Mediterranean world; the addition of theatrical events to existing festivals; the creation of entirely new contexts for drama; and vast investment, both public and private, in all areas of what was rapidly becoming a major 'industry'. This is the first book to explore all the evidence for fourth century ancient theatre: its architecture, drama, dissemination, staging, reception, politics, social impact, finance and memorialisation.

Zielgruppe

Anyone interested in drama, theatre, architecture, Greek literatu

Autoren/Hrsg.

Csapo, Eric

Wilson, Peter

Goette, Hans Rupprecht

Green, J. Richard

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike Griechische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Theaterwissenschaft Theatergeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte

Über Autor(innen)

H. R. Goette, Universität Gießen, DAI; E. Csapo, P. Wilson, Universität Sydney; J. R. Green, Universitäten Sydney und London.

H. R. Goette, Universität Gießen, DAI; E. Csapo, P. Wilson, Universität Sydney; J. R. Green, Universitäten Sydney und London.