Byron, George Gordon, Lord

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Byron, George Gordon, Lord (1788–1824), English poet, author of several plays in verse which were staged with little success. Only one was produced during his lifetime, Marino Faliero (1821), seen at Drury Lane. Werner (1830) was first produced by Macready, also at Drury Lane; Sardanapalus (1834) and The Two Foscari (1838) likewise owed their first production to Macready. Manfred, a dramatic poem, was produced in 1834. Cain, written in 1821, does not appear to have been produced in England, but has been several times translated into German. Byron's letters are full of references to theatrical matters, but his plays read better than they act.

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