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Each of us must work for his own improvement, and at the same time share a general responsibility for all humanity."

-- Marie Curie,
physicist and chemist

(well, a very distinguished physicist and chemist, to say the least...:P)

"Skewed Scrooge", from today's "The Washington Post", about the multiple theatre versions of this play.

Have a look--quite an interesting article; I never knew there are so many different versions.

(lindahoyland and debriswoman--I think you will find this of interest :)

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Blue Carbuncle - John Gielgud & Ralph Richardson



"I had called upon my friend Sherlock Holmes upon the second morning after Christmas, with the intention of wishing him the compliments of the season. He was lounging upon the sofa in a purple dressing-gown, a pipe-rack within his reach upon the right, and a pile of crumpled morning papers, evidently newly studied, near at hand. Beside the couch was a wooden chair, and on the angle of the back hung a very seedy and disreputable hard felt hat, much the worse for wear, and cracked in several places. A lens and a forceps lying upon the seat of the chair suggested that the hat had been suspended in this manner for the purpose of examination."

Read a poem on the subject, "Two days after Christmas", here