Abstract
Byron was determined from the start that Manfred should not be performed on stage. Writing from Venice in spring 1817 he told his publisher, John Murray, that: The thing I have sent you will see at a glimpse - could never be attempted or thought of for the stage... I composed it actually with a horror of the stage - with a view to render even the thought of it impracticable, knowing the zeal of my friends, that I should try that for which I have an invincible repugnance - viz. - a representation. © 2003 Cambridge University Press.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 153-183 |
| Number of pages | 30 |
| Journal | Cambridge Opera Journal |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue number | 2 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2003 |