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?
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Alan Bates
Sir Hugo Coal
Theresa Russell
Lady Harriet Coal
Sting
Fledge
Lena Headey
Cleo Coal
Jim Carter
George Lecky
Anna Massey
Mrs. Giblet
Trudie Styler
Doris
Maria Aitken
Lavinia Freebody
James Fleet
Inspector Limp
Steven Mackintosh
Sidney Giblet
John Mills
Sir Edward Cleghorn
Chris Barnes
Johm Lecky
Timothy Kightley
Harbottle
Richard Durden
Sykes-Herring
Nick Lucas
Hubert Cleggie
Annette Badland
Connie Babblehump
David Henry
Freddy Hoygh
Bob Goody
Father Pim
Edward Jewesbury
Sir Edward Tome
David Killick
Sir Humphrey Stoker
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