Dido, the Celebrated Widow
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Dido, the Celebrated Widow is an extravaganza by Francis Cowley Burnand.
called Dido, the Celebrated Widow
First performed as Dido, the Celebrated Widow in London at St James's Theatre, on 11 February, 1860, and later acted as The Widow Dido at the Royalty Theatre on 20 November, 1865. Published by T.H. Lacy in 1865.
Most probably the text performed a number of times in Cape Town during the 1860-1861 season as Dido, Queen of Carthage and termed a "Grand Musical, Classical and Picturesque Extravaganza in One Act by Burnand" .
Laura Monros-Gaspar (ed). 2015. Victorian Classical Burlesques: A Critical Anthology. Bloomsbury Publishing[1]
