‘EXTRAORDINARY FRIENDS: Byron & Shelley ’ is the latest show by American Playwright Bill Studdiford, with English Actor Ian Frost. It explores the camaraderie, rivalries, and jealousies of these two exceptional poets - truly remarkable men. Bill joins Ian on stage to make sure Shelley’s side of the story balances Byron’s dogmatic view of it all.
Ian and Bill have already looked at each of these fascinating characters individually - also, as part of the trio of poets in ‘Three Romantics: BYRON, KEATS & SHELLEY!’

Living, loving, and working in the days when letters were written and journals kept provides a wealth of material to chose from. The challenge for the playwright is always to determine what to include in each of our shows - so much is known and it’s all fascinating!

This time the playwright and the actor discover just what did happen in the years that Byron and Shelley knew each other: six years that would be their last.

Anyone who saw a previous show will know they both were blessed with a great sense of humour - and that is again evident in the new material and adventures of ‘EXTRAORDINARY FRIENDS: Byron & Shelley ’. To those who missed our other presentations - no matter, here’s your chance to get to know two of the most colorful writers of all time. Byron was shocked at Shelley’s ‘out of the way notions of morality.’ Shelley found Byron ‘as wild as the winds!’

 

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