Dido Queen of Carthage

<p>A city burns, and a queen burns for love: <i>Dido, Queen of Carthage</i> re-imagines one of the great legendary stories. The encounter between a wandering hero and an African queen engenders love and loss, eroticism and absurdity, childish simplicity and compelling eloquence. Written for children to perform in the 1580s, <i>Dido</i> is nonetheless a remarkable play, revolutionary in its approach to character, blank verse, and audiences.<br>This volume is the first single-text scholarly edition in English. It is an indispensable resource for scholars, students, and theatre practitioners.<br>The edition features an accessible text, lightly punctuated for ease of reading and speaking. It incorporates new research into authorship (which indicates that Marlowe wrote the play), a detailed analysis of <i>Dido</i>'s sources, and a survey of criticism; it assesses the evidence for early performances and provides extensive information about modern productions.</p>