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The Tragedy Sophonisba (or The Wonder of Women) archive

Massinissa and Sophonisba are newly married, but their wedding-night is interrupted by an attack on Carthage by Syphax, Massinissa's rival for Sophonisba's love. When the craven Carthaginians hand Sophonisba over to Syphax, Massinissa joins with the Roman general Scipio and marches on his former home. Marston's only classical tragedy employs the full musical and dramaturgical capabilities of the Blackfriars theatre and features the early modern stage's most ghoulish witch. He tells his readers, 'know that I have not laboured in this poem to tie myself to relate anything as an historian, but to enlarge everything as a poet'. Staged reading

Creatives/Company

Author: John Marston (1605)
Director(s): Gene David Kirk, Anthony Biggs

The Tragedy Sophonisba (or The Wonder of Women)

The Tragedy Sophonisba (or The Wonder of Women) (Play) production archive for QTIX code T01012201615. Details of all The Tragedy Sophonisba (or The Wonder of Women) archived productions can be found under the QTIX code: S737262384

Archive Listings

1 Apr 07

Shakespeare's Globe Theatre
West End, Greater London
Performance Details => Venue archive

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