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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 the 1860-1861 season. Possibly based on the opera.
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| − | == Performance history in South Africa ==
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| − | 1860: Performed in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town by the [[Royal Alfred Dramatic Club]] on 25 November, with ''[[The Irish Tutor]]'' (Butler) and a musical interlude by the brass orchestra of the [[59th Regiment]]. Announced as a "Grand Musical, Classical and Picturesque Extravaganza in One Act" by "Durnand".
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| − | 1860: Performed in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town by the [[Royal Alfred Dramatic Club]] on 3 December with ''[[Who Do You Take Me For?]]'' (Morton.
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| − | 1860: Performed in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town by the [[Royal Alfred Dramatic Club]] on 17 and 20 December with ''[[The Little Treasure and The Hundred Pound Note]]'' (Peake). The first performance was done as a benefit for Mrs Delmaine.
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| − | 1860: Performed agin, by special request, in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town by the [[Royal Alfred Dramatic Club]] on 27 December with ''[[The Happy Man]]'' (Lover).
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| − | 1861: Performed in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town by the [[Royal Alfred Dramatic Club]] on 10 January with ''[[Fra Diavolo, or The Beauty and the Brigands]]'' and ''[[A Night at Notting Hill]]'' (Yates and Harrington).
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| − | 1861: Performed as part of "grand gala night" in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town by the [[Royal Alfred Dramatic Club]] on 23 February, with ''[[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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