Greek Theatre in the Fourth Century BC

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Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations and Conventions -- Introduction: Old and New Perspectives on Fourth-Century Theatre -- The Theatre of Dionysus Eleuthereus in Athens: New Data and Observations on its 'Lycurgan' Phase / Papastamati-von Moock, Christina -- The Archaeology of the 'Rural' Dionysia in Attica / Goette, Hans Rupprecht -- The Evolution of Theatre Architecture Outside Athens in the Fourth Century / Moretti, Jean-Charles -- How Pots and Papyri Might Prompt a Re-Evaluation of Fourth-Century Tragedy / Taplin, Oliver -- Performing Classics: The Tragic Canon in the Fourth Century and Beyond / Nervegna, Sebastiana -- Literary Evidence for New Tragic Production: The View from the Fourth Century / Hanink, Johanna -- The Evolution of Comedy in the Fourth Century / Hartwig, Andrew -- Philippus in acie tutior quam in theatro fuit ... (Curtius 9, 6, 25): The Macedonian Kings and Greek Theatre / Moloney, Eoghan -- Theatre, Religion, and Politics at Alexander's Travelling Royal Court / Guen, Brigitte Le -- Cooking Up Rhesus: Literary Imitation and Its Consumers / Liapis, Vayos -- Rethinking Choregic Iconography in Apulia / Biles, Zachary ; Thorn, Jed -- Greek Theatre in Non-Greek Apulia / Robinson, Edward G.D. -- Regional Theatre in the Fourth Century. The Evidence of Comic Figurines of Boeotia, Corinth and Cyprus / Green, J. Richard -- Theatre in the Fourth-Century Black Sea Region / Braund, David ; Hall, Edith -- The Finance and Organisation of the Athenian Theatre in the Time of Eubulus and Lycurgus / Csapo, Eric ; Wilson, Peter -- Inscribed Public Records of the Dramatic Contests at Athens: IG II / Millis, Benjamin W. -- Plates -- Illustration Credit -- Bibliography -- Indices -- List of Contributors.

Biographical note: H.R. Goette, University of Giessen, DAI; E. Csapo, P. Wilson, University of Sydney; J.R. Green, University of Sydneyand of London.

Past scholarship described the fourth century BC as an age of theatrical decline. This book, the first to explore all aspects of fourth-century theatre, reveals it to be an epoch of unparalleled expansion and innovation. 19 leading scholars evaluate the evidence for fourth-century drama to become the pre-eminent cultural institution of the ancient world.

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