
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

Theresa Russell
Lady Harriet Coal

Anna Massey
Mrs. Giblet

Steven Mackintosh
Sidney Giblet

Timothy Kightley
Harbottle

Michael Cronin
Dr. Walter Dendrite

Alan Bates
Sir Hugo Coal

Trudie Styler
Doris

John Mills
Sir Edward Cleghorn

Richard Durden
Sykes-Herring

Annette Badland
Connie Babblehump

Jeffry Wickham
Justice Congreve

Lena Headey
Cleo Coal

James Fleet
Inspector Limp

Edward Jewesbury
Sir Edward Tome

David Killick
Sir Humphrey Stoker

Sting
Fledge

Jim Carter
George Lecky

Maria Aitken
Lavinia Freebody