The Anatomy of Melancholy has been called the 'book to end all books'. But can Robert Burton's vast 17th-century classic really work as a play? Stephen Moss finds outIn a draughty industrial building in the heart of Birmingham, four actors and a director are trying to do the impossible: turn The Anatomy of Melancholy, one of the sacred monsters of English literature, into a stage show that clocks in at a little over …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:48PM on November 6, 2013