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| − | ''[[Dido, The Queen of Carthage]]'' is a short play by Christopher Marlowe, with possible contributions by Thomas Nashe.
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| − | ==The original text==
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| − | The play was seemingly first performed by the Children of the Chapel sometime between 1587 and 1593. It was first published in 1594.
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| − | ==Translations and adaptations==
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| − | The 18th-century English composer Stephen Storace wrote an opera titled ''[[Dido, Queen of Carthage]]'' (1794)
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| − | Another musical version of ''[[Dido, The Queen of Carthage]]'' , listed as a "Grand Musical, Classical and Picturesque Extravaganza in One Act", and attributed to Durnand was apparently performed in Cape Town in 1860. Possibly based on the opera.
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| − | == Performance history in South Africa ==
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| − | 1860: Performed 25 November: Dido, The Queen of Carthage (Durnand) and The Irish Tutor (Butler), with the brass orchestra of the 59th Regiment.
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| − | 3 December: Dido, The Queen of Carthage (Durnand) and Who Do You Take Me For? (Morton?), with the brass orchestra of the 59th Regiment.
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| − | 17 and 20 December: The Little Treasure and The Hundred Pound Note (Peake). The first performance was done as a benefit for Mrs Delmaine.
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| − | 27 December: The Happy Man (Lover) and, by special request, Dido, The Queen of Carthage (Durnand).
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| − | In 1861:
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| − | 10 January: Fra Diavolo, or The Beauty and the Brigands and A Night at Notting Hill (Yates and Harrington).
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| − | 23 February: A "grand gala night" with a reapet of Dido, The Queen of Carthage (Durnand) and The Irish Tutor (Butler).
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| − | == Sources ==
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| − | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dido,_Queen_of_Carthage_(play)
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| − | [[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.
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| − | Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
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