George Gordon Byron was born in 1788.
In 1798 George inherited an English Barony from an 
elderly Great Uncleand became Lord Byron. 
He died in 1824 leaving great qualities of work.

Directed by Robert Bolt

Writing credits Robert Bolt

Cast 

Sarah Miles....Lady Caroline Lamb 

Jon Finch... William Lamb 

Richard Chamberlain...Lord Byron 

John Mills...Canning 

Margaret Leighton...Lady Melbourne 

Pamela Brown...Lady Bessborough 

Silvia Monti...Miss Milbanke 

Ralph Richardson...King George IV

Laurence Olivier...Duke of Wellington 
 
 

Rest of cast listed alphabetically

Caterina Boratto
Peter Bull...Minister 
Joyce Carey...Marquise (uncredited) 
Charles Carson...Potter 
Sonia Dresdel...Lady Pont 
Nicholas Field...St. John 
Felicity Gibson...Girl in Blue 
Robert Harris...Apothecary 
Richard Hurndall...Radical 
Paddy Joyce...Irish housekeeper 
Bernard Kay...Benson 
Janet Key...Miss Fairfax 
Preston Lockwood...1st Partner (uncredited) 
Mario Maranzana...Coachman 
Robert Mill...ADC to Wellington 
Norman Mitchell ...Restaurant functionary 
John Moffatt...Murray 
Trevor Peacock...Agent 
Maureen Pryor...Mrs. Butler 
John Rapley...2nd Partner (uncredited) 
Fanny Rowe...Lady Holland 
Ivor Salter...Major Domo at Chatsworth (uncredited) 
Stephen Sheppard...Buckham 
Roy Stewart (II)...Black Pug 
Ralph Truman...Admiral 
Michael Wilding...Lord Holland 

Produced by......Franco Cristaldi (executive) 

Fernando Ghia
Bernard Williams (assistant) 
 

Original music by.....Richard Rodney Bennett

Cinematography by.....Oswald Morris

Film Editing by.....Norman Savage

Art Direction.....Carmen Dillon

Set Decoration.....Vernon Dixon

Costume Design by.....David Walker (I)

Makeup Department.
George Frost.....makeup artist 
Bobbie Smith.....hair stylist 

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Michael Stevenson (I).....assistant director 

David Tringham.....assistant director 

Sound Department

Gordon K. McCallum.....sound mixer 

Other crew

Marcus Dods.....musical director 

Eleanor Fazan.....choreographer 

Lady Caroline is the darling of Devonshire House.

She is an impossible creature, unstable, fey, by turns demure and reckless, very extreme in everything. With a passionate disposition in a delicate body, she has from infancy been prey to 
alarming fits of excitements and the doctors have said it will be dangerous to deny her anything she wants. 
She wants to marry William Lamb. 

Caroline is riding very fast; she wants to go home to tell her mother Lady Bessborough the wonderful news! 
Mr. William Lamb did ask her to marry him. 
She is totally excited and her mother has to calm down her.

Mr. Lamb is a different proposition. 
He is a gentleman and the son of Lord and Lady Melbourne. 
He is a member a parliament and great things are 
expected from him. He is destined to become Prime Minister. 
if not the greatest by far the most likerable. 

Meanwhile Mr.William Lamb has a talk 
with his mother Lady Melbourne. 

Lady Melbourne disagrees
William's wish to marry Lady Caroline.

Though Mr.William Lamb and 
Lady Caroline got married. 

At first his marriage to Lady Caroline seems a 
marvellous union of opposite natures. 

But though opposites attract there must be a clash when they come together. To William it is obvious that even the happiest marriage needs effort. To Caroline true marriage means all an all-consuming love and effort has no place in it. 

On their honeymoon they visit Rome. 
Caroline attractive to many men, is unaware 
having games with all those men.

William still admires her. 

In the carriage unaware of her bad behaviour she says: 

" Did I talk too much?" 

When they come across the Collosseum, Caroline wants to 
stop and wants to have a look in the Collosseum against
the advice of the driver. At night it is too dangerous: 
there are living many beggars.  
Despite the warning they have a look inside. 
Caroline enjoys the darkness, the mystic and the excitement. 

Suddenly the beggars come out their holes and they 
are begging for money. 

Mr. William Lamb throws some coins.....Lady Caroline 
has no self-controle, and impulsive as she is, 
she throws her bracelet to the beggars. 

Caroline is horrified when she discovers that she has 
brought about the death of the beggar boy to 
whom she tossed her bracelet. 

Back in England. 

Back in England William does a good job in Parliament. 
Canning, William's political mentor, expects great 
thing of the brilliant young man. 
But he also fears Lady Caroline will bring him disrespect.