New Relic Theatre presents Lord Byron's Manfred

Event Category
Performance
Event Type
Open to the Public
Event Location
Members' Room
Event Price
$20

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New Relic Theatre brings Lord Byron's ghostly closet drama Manfred to the Members’ Room. Byron wrote this icy Romantic tale of technological alienation while living with the Shelleys at the Villa Diodati in Switzerland. Set in the midst of a howling Alpine storm, it tells the Faustian—possibly autobiographical—tale of a nobleman haunted by guilt and visited by a series of symbolic spirits. New Relic will bring this lesser-known Gothic classic to life with a full cast of talented young New York actors.

This 90-minute presentation will also feature a look at a rare early edition of Byron's work from the Library's Special Collections.

The cast:
Nicole Albanese
Samori Etienne
Elijah Levi-Dabby
Kelsey Malanowski
Freddy Vaccaro
and Eliza Palter, director

New Relic Theatre is a Brooklyn-based theatre company presenting plays that honor the vividness of the human experience—ancient and modern, well-remembered and near-forgotten. NRT engages artists and audiences alike with unexpected, lush, and playful work that recontextualizes the theatrical canon. More information can be found on their website or on Instagram @newrelictheatre.

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