Dido, The Queen of Carthage
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
The play was seemingly first performed by the Children of the Chapel sometime between 1587 and 1593. It was first published in 1594.
Translations and adaptations
The 18th-century English composer Stephen Storace wrote an opera titled Dido, Queen of Carthage (1794)
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.
Performance history in South Africa
1860: Performed 25 November: Dido, The Queen of Carthage (Durnand) and The Irish Tutor (Butler), with the brass orchestra of the 59th Regiment.
3 December: Dido, The Queen of Carthage (Durnand) and Who Do You Take Me For? (Morton?), with the brass orchestra of the 59th Regiment.
17 and 20 December: The Little Treasure and The Hundred Pound Note (Peake). The first performance was done as a benefit for Mrs Delmaine.
27 December: The Happy Man (Lover) and, by special request, Dido, The Queen of Carthage (Durnand).
In 1861:
10 January: Fra Diavolo, or The Beauty and the Brigands and A Night at Notting Hill (Yates and Harrington).
23 February: A "grand gala night" with a reapet of Dido, The Queen of Carthage (Durnand) and The Irish Tutor (Butler).
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dido,_Queen_of_Carthage_(play)
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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