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kyokroon 's review for:
Dido, Queen of Carthage
by Christopher Marlowe
I wrote my final thesis for my English degree on this play, so I might be a bit biased (which is why I gave it 4 stars instead of 5, Marlowe's intricate reworkings and commentary on Virgil's 'Aeneid' is a work to behold and easily worth 5 stars on analysis, but as a play I'd say 4 so that's what I'm going with).
Anyway, this play focuses on the Dido-episode from Virgil's Aeneid and follows Virgil quite closely (Marlowe has even translated some speeches directly from the Latin), nevertheless he has made some interesting and noticeable changes. The play for instance opens on a very weird scene with Jupiter and Ganymede which completely undermines any of the gods' gravitas. Anna also has a much bigger role, and Dido really is the main character (not Aeneas!). And there are many more small and big changes, which makes it a very interesting text to read!
The story itself is not very new and most of the plot is borrowed from Virgil, so there's not a lot of surprise there, although it still remains interesting.
Anyway, as I said I'm a bit (much) biased, but I'd definitely recommend this to anyone even slightly interested in Dido, Aeneas, the Aeneid or just an interesting play!
Anyway, this play focuses on the Dido-episode from Virgil's Aeneid and follows Virgil quite closely (Marlowe has even translated some speeches directly from the Latin), nevertheless he has made some interesting and noticeable changes. The play for instance opens on a very weird scene with Jupiter and Ganymede which completely undermines any of the gods' gravitas. Anna also has a much bigger role, and Dido really is the main character (not Aeneas!). And there are many more small and big changes, which makes it a very interesting text to read!
The story itself is not very new and most of the plot is borrowed from Virgil, so there's not a lot of surprise there, although it still remains interesting.
Anyway, as I said I'm a bit (much) biased, but I'd definitely recommend this to anyone even slightly interested in Dido, Aeneas, the Aeneid or just an interesting play!