
The Grotesque
Gentlemen don't eat poets.
Sir Hugo is more interested in reconstructing dinosaur bones than in paying attention to his wife, Lady Harriet. He's not thrilled when daughter Cleo brings home her betrothed, Sidney, who aspires to be a poet. The new butler, Fledge, provides Lady Harriet with the attention she's been missing and then seduces Sidney. Did he have a role in Sidney's disappearance as well?
Director John-Paul Davidson
Cast

Alan Bates
Sir Hugo Coal

Jim Carter
George Lecky

Anna Massey
Mrs. Giblet

Maria Aitken
Lavinia Freebody

James Fleet
Inspector Limp

Annette Badland
Connie Babblehump

Sting
Fledge

Lena Headey
Cleo Coal

Trudie Styler
Doris

John Mills
Sir Edward Cleghorn

Timothy Kightley
Harbottle

Richard Durden
Sykes-Herring

Steven Mackintosh
Sidney Giblet

Jeffry Wickham
Justice Congreve

Michael Cronin
Dr. Walter Dendrite

Theresa Russell
Lady Harriet Coal

Edward Jewesbury
Sir Edward Tome

David Killick
Sir Humphrey Stoker