Dido, The Queen of Carthage

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Dido, The Queen of Carthage

Dido, Queen of Carthage is a short play written by the English playwright Christopher Marlowe, with possible contributions by Thomas Nashe. The play was first published in 1594 and seemingly the play acted by the Children of the Chapel sometime between 1587 and 1593.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dido,_Queen_of_Carthage_(play)

The 18th-century English composer Stephen Storace wrote an opera titled Dido, Queen of Carthage (1794)

Dido, The Queen of Carthage

A 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