Sitting in the ancient remains of the Rose theatre surrounded by candles, wrapped in blankets and drinking tea, is certainly an extraordinary setting for a night at the theatre watching House on the ...

This spring, the original star-crossed lovers - not Romeo and Juliet, but Dido and Aeneas - are the subject of no fewer than three major theatrical productions. The National Theatre is reviving ...

The story of Dido and Aeneas is best known to British audiences through Purcell’s opera, Dido and Aeneas, but it first appeared on the English stage a century or so earlier, in what is considered to ...

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Madison Shakespeare Company presents a full-length production of Christopher Marlowe’s supernatural romance: Dido, Queen of Carthage. Directed by Cassie Hankins and Jason Compton. Unbeknownst to Dido ...

In Neil Bartlett's fevered production of Christopher Marlowe's "Dido, Queen of Carthage," it's hard to tell the difference between the gods and the mortals. Juno, Jupiter and Venus are extravagantly ...

As the RSC seems to have given up on Shakespeare’s precursors and contemporaries, it’s great news that the National is reviving Christopher Marlowe’s first play, and in such a fine, insidiously ...

Aside from a grotesquely silly, adventure-playground production at Shakespeare's Globe, Marlowe's first play has been little seen on the modern stage. But James Macdonald's fascinating revival proves ...

At the core of James MacDonald’s new production of Christopher Marlowe’s play are two very fine performances. Mark Bonnar is particularly strong as the battle-raw Trojan general Aeneas and Anastasia ...