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Dido, Queen of Carthage
by Christopher Marlowe
Seeking refuge from a violent storm, Aeneas lands on the shores of Carthage where Queen Dido, moved by his retelling of the fall of Troy and bewitched by a malevolent Cupid, soon burns with love. Their ensuing passion, manipulated by the watching, warring gods, can only end in tragedy.
It is Aeneas’ frown that ends my days.
If he forsake me not, I never die;
For in his looks I see eternity,
And he’ll make me immortal with a kiss.
Written when he was an undergraduate, the wit, the daring and the sheer poetry of Christopher Marlowe’s first play were so new and exciting in English theatre that Hamlet was still talking about it seventeen years later.
Read about the play on Wikipedia
Production credits:
Director: James Macdonald
Set Designer: Tobias Hoheisel
Costume Designer: Moritz Junge
Lighting Designer: Adam Silverman
Music: Orlando Gough
Sound Designer: Christopher Shutt
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