Camdram

    presents...

    Dido, Queen of Carthage
    By Christopher Marlowe

    19:30, Tue 5th – Sat 9th June 2018 at Howard Theatre, Downing College
    Easter Week 6

    'If he forsake me not, I never die,
    For in his looks I see eternity,
    And he'll make me immortal with a kiss.'

    Marlowe's visceral, lyrical reworking of Book IV of Virgil's Aeneid breathes new life into this ancient story with the psychological intensity of Elizabethan drama.

    Troy has been burned to the ground and Aeneas is a prince turned refugee. He and his men are soon shipwrecked and wash up on the shores of Carthage, home to the powerful Dido. In a world of warring gods and clashing empires, the two plunge into a passionate love affair. But as Aeneas faces mounting pressure to follow his destiny and found a new city on Italian soil, Dido fears she will lose everything and resolves to take drastic action.

    Cast

    Dido
    Aeneas
    Venus
    Anna
    Cupid
    Iarbas/Ganymede
    Achates
    Jupiter/Sergestus
    Juno/Nurse
    Mercury/Cloanthus
    Ascanius

    Production Team

    Director
    Producer
    Assistant Director
    Publicity Designer
    Photographer
    Stage Manager
    Dance Choreographer –
    Technical Director
    Associate Director –