IAN FROST's one man shows have been performed in New York City, in London, at the Edinburgh and Piccolo Spoleto Festivals, at the Luxembourg National Theatre, on tours of major cities in the U.S., the U.K., Netherlands, Denmark, Belgium, Germany, France, Switzerland, Italy and Greece, and for Cunard in the Mid-Atlantic, the Caribbean, and twice through the Panama Canal!

After training at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and the Royal Court Actors Studio, Ian appeared with leading repertory theatres in England, including seasons at Plymouth, Perth, Farnham, Colchester, Birmingham and Coventry. His many television credits include 'Z Cars', 'Dr. Who', 'The Poet Herrick', and 'Ivanhoe'.

Ian's professional association with Lord Byron began several years ago. A founder-member of ATC-London, he created the part of Byron/Narrator in its award-winning production of 'Don Juan' at the Edinburgh Festival. The company then toured extensively through England and Scotland and was invited to the Avignon Festival. The Byron connection continued with 'Byron: In Words & Music' for the British Council in Amsterdam and at the Edinburgh Festival, and the BBC Radio series, 'Byron's Last Letters'. Ian then decided his next Byron project must be a solo performance: both the man and the poet had so much to say about life, love and the human condition that this was the only way to attempt to do justice to such a remarkable character.

His enthusiasm was infectious. Bill Studdiford, the New York playwright, began extensive research and the result was a Byron biography/autobiography using for the most part Lord Byron's own words - from his letters, journals and poems.

byron in hell

by Bill Studdiford

october 20