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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Astonished at having a foreign princess in their house the Woralls began to advertise the fact. ‘Princess Caraboo’ delighted guests with her strange language and eccentric manners. She was a skilled ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Lucy Worsley comes face to face with Princess Caraboo, a woman who enthralled Regency Bristol with her exotic story of kidnap and adventure. Show more Lucy Worsley and her all-female team of ...