Byron at the Theatre is a collection of essays by a wide spectrum of European scholars, dealing Other Byron's dramas in a variety of ways. It starts Other a long and detailed introduction on Byron and Drury Lane, incorporating much recent research done on the riotous and squalid conditions of the theatre in Regency London - conditions which go far towards explaining Byron's distaste for the idea of theatrical success. There follows a chapter about the influence on Byron of Vittorio Alfieri, a ...