''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 ...

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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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 {{1900s-play-stub