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Much Ado About Nothing Sensitive Skin The Spy Who Conned Me The Last Tommy

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From: The Sunday Telegraph London
Date: 20051113
Author:John Preston

Before tackling Much Ado About Nothing (Monday, BBC1), it may be instructive to consider the case of Charles and Mary Lamb. In the 19th century, the Lambs - brother and sister - boiled Shakespeare's plays down into an easily digestible soup, producing their famous Tales from Shakespeare. And did this enterprise make them happy? Absolutely not. Charles Lamb became what is popularly known as a hopeless alcoholic - what an engaging figure a hopeful alcoholic would be - while Mary murdered her mother and was banged up in a loony bin.

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