Manfred by Lord Byron

This haunting, poetic drama stars Joseph Millson. Manfred, living isolated, high in the mountains, tortured and haunted by a dark crime, invokes spirits in search of solace but finds no peace.

Singers: Rhiain Taylor, Caroline Lock, Michael Gibson, Fionnuala Dorrity, Conrad Nelson, Connor Baiano and Katharine Longworth.
Original music composed and performed by Olly Fox.

Introduction with Gregory Paul Tate, University of St. Andrews
Research consultant, Professor Jane Stabler, University St. Andrews

Further info:
2017 is the 200-year anniversary of the completion of Manfred:
George Gordon Byron (22 January 1788-19 April 1824) is regarded as one of the greatest British poets. Often described as the most flamboyant and notorious of the major Romantics, Byron remains widely read and influential. Byron wrote this "metaphysical drama", as he called it, after his marriage failed in scandal amidst charges of sexual improprieties and an incestuous affair between Byron and his half-sister, Augusta Leigh. Attacked by the press and ostracised by London society, Byron fled England for Switzerland in 1816 and never returned. Manfred was written immediately after this.

Credits

Author			George Byron
Manfred			Joseph Millson
Chamois Hunter/Spirit	Conrad Nelson
Abbot/Spirit/Arimanes	Jonathan Keeble
Herman/Spirit		Henry Devas
Astarte/Witch of the Alps/Spirit	Emily Pithon
Spirit		Ruth Alexander Rubin
Spirit		Fionnuala Dorrity
Singer		Rhiain Taylor
Singer		Caroline Lock
Singer		Michael Gibson
Singer		Fionnuala Dorrity
Singer		Conrad Nelson
Singer		Connor Baiano
Singer		Katharine Longworth
Composer	Olly Fox
Adaptor		Pauline Harris
Director	Pauline Harris