Cyril's Success
by Henry J. Byron
by Henry J. Byron
Cyril's Success is a semi-autobiographical romantic comedy that explores the challenges of marriage and fame in the theatre world as young playwright Cyril Cuthbert navigates his rising career and the strain it places on his relationship with his wife.
About The Play
About The Play
During 2018, the Finborough Theatre celebrates 150 years of the Finborough Theatre building with an anniversary selection of the best plays from 1868. The FINBOROUGH150 series opens with…
The first London production since 1890 of Cyril’s Success by playwright and local resident Henry J. Byron. London, 1868. Young playwright Cyril Cuthbert is at the beginning of what promises to be a triumphant career. Eagerly pursued by theatre managers, critics and star actors, and lovingly supported by his wife, Cyril is happier than ever.
But as his career takes off, his newly-won fame takes a toll on his marriage until Mrs Cuthbert discovers proof that Cyril’s attention and heart have wandered…
First staged in November 1868 in London, and the following year in the United States, and filled with pungent – and still very apposite – satire of critics, writers, actors and theatre folk, Cyril’s Success was one of Henry J. Byron’s biggest successes – a semi-autobiographical romantic comedy about the trials and joys of marriage and of a life in the theatre.