Festival 2007

Clive Conway Celebrity Productions present Prunella Scales, with fellow actor, flute and piano in English Eccentrics

English Eccentrics introduces colourful and remarkable characters who have enlivened and entertained us through the ages, and whose originality and strength of character stands out now more than ever in an age of mass-market conformity.  We bring you Joshua Norton, self-proclaimed Emperor of the United States of America; William Cope, the 'Green Man' of Brighton; William Buckland, who ate anything and everything from a bluebottle to the heart of King Louis XIV; and many equally odd and endearing characters. More familiar names include Lewis Carroll, Lord Byron and Oscar Wilde.