he was a great admirer of the composer richard wagner who had built his own theatre, the bayreuth festspielhaus, in the german town of bayreuth. boughton wanted to create an "english bayreuth" at glastonbury, so he started the series of glastonbury festivals that took place from 1914 until 1926. from 1927 until his death in 1960, he lived at kilcot near newent, gloucestershire.