Maybe Adam was a fan too and nicked the idea from there?
TOISE: May I say that your own costume is ... is quite magnificent. It really suits you.
KRANTOR: Yes, it does, doesn't it? (
twirls round) My designer tells me that it is patterned upon the attire of someone called "the Prince Regent." Oh, what a pity that everyone doesn't enter into the spirit of Carnival - of
Mardi Gras (
strikes pose) - as wholeheartedly as you and I.