Dido, Queen of Carthage
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The title Dido, Queen of Carthage has over the years been used to refer to any of three texts.
- The Tragedy of Dido, Queen of Carthage is a short play by Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593)[1] (with possible contributions by Thomas Nashe (1567-1601)[2]). It is at times referred to simply as Dido, Queen of Carthage. (For more details on Marlowe's play, see the entry under The Tragedy of Dido, Queen of Carthage)
- Dido, Queen of Carthage, an opera by the 18th-century English composer Stephen Storace ()[], first performed in 1794. However, the only surviving text was lost in a fire in 1801.
- Dido, the Celebrated Widow, a burlesque version of the story of Dido,
As far as can be determined to date, only the Burnand version has been performed in South Africa.
