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This week's new theatre and dance by Mark Cook, Lyn Gardner, Judith Mackrell

The Hard Boiled Egg And The Wasp, LondonMusic hall star Dan Leno is the star of a new musical being tried out on the theatre fringe this week. Leno was a comedy superstar of his time " from 1886 until his death in 1904 " who pioneered his own style of stand-up. It's set in the final year of his life, when Leno's been put in a mental institution by his wife, and his fellow inmates there include Queen Victoria, Napoleo…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PM on May 18, 2012

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