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1594	Marlowe, Christopher; Nashe, Thomas	Dido, Queen of Carthage
Reference Information DEEP #: 196 Greg #: 128a STC/Wing #: 17441 Record Type: Single-Play Playbook Play Type: Boys Professional Genre (Annals): Tragedy Book Edition: 1 Play Edition: 1 Format: Quarto Leaves: 26 Date of First Publication: 1594 Date of First Production: 1586 [c.1585-1586; possibly 1591] Company of First Production: Children of the Chapel (first) Company Attribution: Children of the Chapel (first) Total Editions: 1 quarto Title-Page Features Title: THE Tragedie of Dido Queene of Carthage: Author: Written by Christopher Marlowe, and Thomas Nash. Gent. Performance: Played by the Children of her Maiesties Chappell. ... Actors [in double columns] Iupiter. Ascanius. \| Ganimed. Dido. \| Venus. Anna. \| Cupid. Achates. \| Iuno. Ilioneus. \| [following character fills two lines in column 1] Mercurie, or Hermes. Iarbas. \| Cloanthes. \| Æneas. Sergestus. Imprint: AT LONDON, Printed, by the Widdowe Orwin, for Thomas Woodcocke, and are to be solde at his shop, in Paules Church-yeard, at the signe of the blacke Beare. 1594. Paratextual Material Character List: on title page [A1r] Stationer Information Printer: Orwin, Joan Publisher: Woodcock, Thomas Imprint Location: A.3 (Paul's Churchyard - Northeast) Entries in Stationers' Register: Feb 9, 1596: Transferred from the widow of Thomas Woodcock to Paul Linley: "all and euery bookes and partes of bookes whatsoeuer Whiche Laufully apperteyned to her late husband Thomas woodcocke after his Deceas to her". Jun 26, 1600: Transferred from Paul Linley decd. to John Flasket: "Cupydes Iourney to hell w^th the tragedie of dido".