Bloody Poetry
by Howard Brenton

Bloody Poetry

Synopsis

This fascinating drama, staged to acclaim in London and New York, has in its cast of characters Lord Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Mary Shelley and Claire Goodwin.

The play is about radicalism artistic, political and more.

Taking place in Italy, it concerns the characters' various ideas about radical politics and free love.

Along the way, a number of serious questions are raised, not the least of which is why fervent radicals seem so often to be done in by their reprehensible characters.

At the end of the play Byron attends the cremation of Shelley on the beach at Viareggio and delivers a stunning ovation over the pyre: "Burn him.

Burn us all.

A great big bloody beautiful fire."

Performance

Cast

A small cast size of 5 total roles, 2 female and 3 male roles.

Publication

Publisher
Samuel French
Year Published
1989
ISBN 10
0573690383
ISBN 13
9780573690389
Binding
Paperback
Print Length
108 pages
Place Published
New York
Language
English
LCCN
gb91022374
Print
Bloody Poetry is a British play written by and published by Samuel French in New York, 1989. The print edition has an ISBN-13 of 9780573690389 and an ISBN-10 of 0573690383.

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