This is possibly a dramatized version of Thomas Love Peacock’s novel, Nightmare Abbey.  The novel, written in 1818, is a satire of the melancholic literature of Peacock’s time and uses characters based on his friends and acquaintances (Shelley, Coleridge and Byron, among others).

1.  In 1952, Anthony Sharp did a play adaptation of Nightmare Abbey.  It is unclear if this is the same play as Portrait of Scythrop, but you can find the play text in these two sources:

Plays of the Year, 1951-52:  Elek, 1952.
Nightmare Abbey:  Ginn, 1971.

His Fine Wit--A Study of Thomas Love Peacock, Carl Dawson:  Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1970 and University of
              California Press, 1970.
The Novels of Thomas Love Peacock, Bryan Burns:  Croom Helm, 1985
The Novels of Thomas Love Peacock, edited by David Garnet:  Rupert Hart-Davis,    1963.
Peacock—His Circle and His Age, Howard Mills:  Cambridge University Press, 1969.
Thomas Love Peacock, James Mulvihill:  Twayne, 1987

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