She wore diamonds to breakfast, kept a hundred dogs, and declared that a little scandal is an excellent thing. Ouida - born Maria Louise Ramé in Bury St Edmunds in 1839 - became one of the most famous and scandalous novelists of the Victorian age, adored by millions and mocked by critics who were too stuffy to appreciate her genius.
 
In this captivating one-woman performance, Lynn Whitehead breathes vivid life into this extraordinary woman: her passions, her feuds, her heartbreaks and her triumphs. A perfect blend of theatre, biography and literary history - and a long-overdue celebration of one of Bury's most remarkable daughters.
 
Format: One-Woman Play
Themes: Performance, Adults, Local Interest, History
 
Lynn Whitehead
Lynn is a Tour Guide, speaker and drama facilitator living in Bury St Edmunds. She has worked for Theatre Royal, New Wolsey, Eastern Angles and Suffolk Artlink getting community groups acting, writing and singing. She is slightly less eccentric than Ouida, whose life and works she’ll be presenting at the festival!