This is the story of a fake Princess from far-off lands who hoaxed Georgian Britain. What was the truth of her story? Edited ...

In the spring of 1817, a mysterious woman in exotic clothes wandered into the English countryside and took everyone by surprise. Claiming to be a foreign princess, she charmed everyone with her ...

Hear Lucy Worsley explain who Princess Caraboo was. Sitting in a city's burial ground is a statue of a famous Victorian swindler who is now being celebrated as a working class icon. The sculpture of ...

Since “Princess Caraboo” is a comedy about a possible con game-a mysterious “Asian princess” who pops up in the British countryside of 1817 and is taken up by a circle of gullible bankers and ...

Bristol, England, early 19th century. A beautiful young stranger who speaks a weird language is tried for the crime of begging. But when a man claims that he can translate her dialect, it is ...

Lucy Worsley and her all-female team of detectives travel back in time to meet con artists, hoaxers and crooks from across the world. Women living extraordinary lives in a world made for men. In this ...

Kevin Kline works up a comic Greek accent and a fussy air as he performs a labor of love for his own princess bride, Phoebe Cates, in “Princess Caraboo.” But despite some humorous moments from America ...

Originally seen as a staged reading as part of Vibrant - A Festival of Finborough Playwrights and commissioned and developed by the Bristol Old Vic, the world premiere of a new British musical, ...

Bristol, England, early 19th century. A beautiful young stranger who speaks a weird language is tried for the crime of begging. But when a man claims that he can translate her dialect, it is ...

A guerrilla sculptor who has placed mystery sculptures around Bristol has struck again - with a poignant statue of one of the city's most celebrated working class women. The sculpture of Mary ...

The true story of servant Mary Baker’s masquerade as the exotic Princess Caraboo makes an amusing footnote in English history. Phil Willmott’s engaging musical uses this story to explore themes of ...