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Laugh? I nearly did

16 years ago
Gary Hoffman

[Guardian, 5 January 2007]
Have you heard the one about the comic opera that was actually funny? No, thought not. Philip Hensher on the pitfalls and pratfalls of trying to crack a joke with classical music

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