'Byron and London' Conference, 29 April 2006, Nottingham Trent University

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The third annual one-day Byron conference organised by the Newstead Abbey Byron Society, Nottingham Trent University and the Midlands Romantic Seminar was held on 29 April 2006, at the Clifton Campus, Nottingham Trent University. The theme was 'Byron and London', and there were nine papers in all given to audiences of up to thirty.

The conference opened with a keynote lecture by David Worrall (Nottingham Trent) on '"Giovanni in London": Byron, Busby, Drury Lane Machinations and the Context of Georgian Drama'. Worrall discussed Thomas Busby's Giovanni in London, which was the first melodrama in which music was used to support the action. This hugely popular London version of the …