English Eccentrics

T708191474

Author

Christine Croshaw

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Archive :: production:T708191474, one person show:S257661013, venue:V7

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Prunella Scales

This celebration of 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 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, Beau Brummell and Oscar Wilde.