''Byron'' is a historical play by the British writer
Alicia Ramsey
Alicia Ramsey (1864–1933) was a British playwright and screenwriter.
She was born Alice Joanna Royston.
Life
Alice Joanna Royston was born in Chelsea, the daughter of William Hayelett Royston, gentleman.Register of Marriages solemnized at S ...
, which was first performed in 1908. It depicts the life of the early nineteenth-century writer
Lord Byron
George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824), known simply as Lord Byron, was an English romantic poet and peer. He was one of the leading figures of the Romantic movement, and has been regarded as among the ...
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Adaptation
In 1922 the play was adapted into a silent film ''A Prince of Lovers
''A Prince of Lovers'' is a 1922 British silent biographical film directed by Charles Calvert and starring Howard Gaye, Marjorie Hume and Mary Clare. The film portrays the life of the British writer Lord Byron, and was based on Alicia Ramse ...
'' directed by Charles Calvert and starring Howard Gaye as Byron.[Christine Kenyon-Jones, ed., ''Byron: The Image of the Poet'' (Associated University Press, 2008)]
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Notes
Biographical plays about writers
1908 plays
Plays set in England
Plays set in the 19th century
British plays adapted into films
Cultural depictions of Lord Byron
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