Dido, Queen of Carthage
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Jan 25, 2001
Closed Feb 24, 2001
Opened Jan 25, 2001
Closed Feb 24, 2001
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The Obie Award-winning Target Margin Theater presents Christopher Marlowe's rarely seen 16th-century play Dido, Queen of Carthage. The show is the story of Aeneas, on his way to build the city of Rome, who becomes shipwrecked in north Africa, where he falls in love with Dido. Their great tale of romance becomes riddled with tragedy when Aeneas is forced by the gods to fulfill his destiny and leaves Dido, who kills herself. David Herskovits directs.
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Cupid, god of love, sings without moving his lips. In the background, music played on a theremin is heard. Around Cupid, everyone is frozen in place, enraptured. Nearby, a woman kneels on the floor, slowly embroidering a piece of cloth; the movement of her hand is the only movement on stage. This is but one of many stunning images in a rare production of Christopher Marlowe's Dido, Queen of Carthage. Director David Herskovits, who is adept at staging such hauntingly beautiful tableaux, cuts to the core of this early work by the 16th-century playwright.
The production is highly stylized; actors strike poses and gesture with their arms in flowing movements, and they rarely look each other[...]