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Ìý Who Was Dido? Thursday 19 June 2003 Ìý
The "ultimate abandoned woman" is how Dido Queen of Carthage has been described - and with good reason: when her lover leaves her, she throws herself onto a funeral pyre.

The tragic love story of Dido and Aeneas has been told and re-told for 2000 years and is currently playing on the London stage.
Mary Beard and Tim Carroll, Director of Marlowe's Dido Queen of Carthage join Martha to discuss who Dido was and why is her story so enduring?
'Dido Queen of Carthage' opens on 21 June until 18 August 2003 at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre. Box office: 020 7401 9919.



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