Manfred

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Manfred is a dramatic poem written in 1817 poem by Lord Byron; it contains supernatural elements, in keeping with the popularity of the ghost story in England at the time. Manfred was adapted musically by Robert Schumann in 1852, in a composition entitled Manfred: Dramatic Poem in Three Parts, and later by Pyotr Tchaikovsky in his Manfred Symphony, Op. 58, as well as by Carl Reinecke.

Characters

• Count Manfred
• Chamois Hunter
• Abbot of St. Maurice
• Manuel
• Herman
• Witch of the Alps
• Arimanes
• Nemesis
• The Destinies
• The Seven Spirits

Scenes

• ACT I
  • SCENE I: MANFRED alone. -- Scene, a Gothic Gallery. -- Time, Midnight.
  • SCENE II: The Mountain of the Jungfrau. -- Time, Morning.-- MANFRED alone upon the Cliffs.

• ACT II
  • SCENE I: A Cottage amongst the Bernese Alps. MANFRED and the CHAMOIS HUNTER.
  • SCENE II: A lower Valley in the Alps.-- A Cataract.
  • SCENE III: The Summit of the Jungfrau Mountain.
  • SCENE IV: The Hall of ARIMANES.-- ARIMANES on his Throne, a Globe of Fire, surrounded by the SPIRITS.

• ACT III
  • SCENE I: A Hall in the Castle of Manfred.
  • SCENE II: Another Chamber. MANFRED and HERMAN.
  • SCENE III: The Mountains.-- The Castle of MANFRED at some distance.-- A Terrace before a Tower.-- Time, Twilight. HERMAN, MANUEL, and other Dependants of MANFRED.
  • SCENE IV: Interior of the Tower.