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Title Dido
Author Reed, Joseph  
Date 6 Mar 1767
Licence Application Date 6 Mar 1767
First Performance Date 28 Mar 1767
Document Type Play  
Library/Archive The Huntington Library  
Collection Name John Larpent Plays
Reference LA266
Language English
Document Description A play featuring the tragedy of Dido, which was first performed for the benefit of Mr Holland.
Theme Greco-Roman Society  Royalty & Aristocracy  
Theatre Theatre Royal Drury Lane  
Theatre Manager Lacy, James  
Lord Chamberlain Seymour-Conway, Francis (1st Marquess of Hertford)  
Examiner at time of Licence Application Chetwynd, William  
Deputy Examiner at time of Licence Application Capell, Edward  
Genre Tragedy  
Acts Five  
Printed Edition Printed 1808.
Keywords tragedy  Shakespeare  palace  war  Greek myth  royalty  women  funeral  treachery  violence  prince  fate  liberty  foreign  death  underworld  grief  
Additional Information There are significant differences between the manuscript and printed texts; the manuscript version is much longer. The play was written in 1761, and was mentioned in a letter from the author to Mrs Dancer in the Garrick Papers vol. I.
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