Shakespeare in Performance: Stage Production
Dido, Queen of Carthage (2012, American Shakespeare Center)
Title | Dido, Queen of Carthage |
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Year | 2012 |
Theater Company | American Shakespeare Center |
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Release Locations | USA |
Start Date | 2012-03-14 |
End Date | 2012-04-07 |
Languages | English |
Audience | general public |
Play Connections | A Midsummer Night's Dream (analog) Antony and Cleopatra (analog) The Tempest (analog) |
Description
by Christopher Marlowe Blackfriars Premiere. Arriving in Carthage after the fall of his beloved city, the Trojan hero Aeneas begins a passionate and dangerous love affair with Queen Dido. Unknown to the lovers, the gods are pulling their strings - with disastrous results. Part Antony and Cleopatra, part A Midsummer Night's Dream, and part The Tempest - Dido, Queen of Carthage is Marlowe's ravishing take on Virgil's Aeneid.
American Shakespeare Center — Added 2011-12-07
Cast Overview
Jupiter | Benjamin Curns |
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Ascanius | Miriam Donald |
Dido | Sarah Fallon |
A Nurse | Allison Glenzer |
Venus | Allison Glenzer |
Ilioneus | John Harrell |
Sergestus | Chris Johnston |
Achates | Daniel Kennedy |
Iarbus | Aidan O'Reilly |
Cupid | Gregory Jon Phelps |
Ganymede | Gregory Jon Phelps |
Juno | Brandi Rhome |
Mercury | Brandi Rhome |
Anna | Brandi Rhome |
Aeneas | Rene Thornton, Jr. |
Cloanthus | Jeremy West |
Company Overview
Theater Company | American Shakespeare Center |
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Production information courtesy of: American Shakespeare Center [website]