Dido, Queen of Carthage (play) Dido, Queen of Carthage (play) Dido, Queen of Carthage (full title: The Tragedie of Dido Queene of Carthage) is a short play written by the English playwright Christopher Marlowe, with possible contributions by Thomas Nashe. The story of the play focuses on the classical figure of Dido, the Queen of Carthage. It tells an intense dramatic tale of Dido and her fanatical love for Aeneas (induced by Cupid), Aeneas' betrayal of her and her eventual suicide on his departure for Italy. The playwrights depended upon Books 1, 2, and 4 of Virgil's "Aeneid" as their main source. "Dido" is based
HMS Dido (1784) of her guns burst. "Dido" was the only ship of the Mediterranean Fleet to exchange fire with French ships during Martin's cruise of 1794, but was unable to prevent the French escaping into Gourjean Bay. "Dido" captured "Révolution", a French vessel possibly a navy corvette, on 8 October 1794 off Porto Mauruzio between Nice and Genoa. "Dido" captured the xebec "Témėraire" on 14 March 1795. The Royal Navy took her into service as HMS "Temeraire", later renamed to HMS "Transfer". Admiral Hotham sent "Dido" under Captain George Henry Towry and , a 32-gun fifth-rate frigate under Captain Robert Middleton, to