I am intrigued?
A Guest says
"Lots of the John Clare stuff is still in copyright, unfortunately. All of the material not published in his lifetime belongs to an American academic and permission is needed to use it."

As I thought Clare spent the latter part of his life in a mental institution, and much of his work was kept from the public - Who owns the copyrights?
I am sure George Deacon can shed some light on this - maybe it's George who owns the rights and that is why he doesn't perform anymore?

Tim Radford