Letter from London: Murder, scandal and Shakespeare for holidays
LONDON — December usually serves up a surfeit of sweet, and sometimes sickly, theatrical fare. Scrooge, sugarplums and fake snow — it's the tinsel-bedecked season of Dickensian adaptations, reworked fairy tales and pantomime, with its cross-dressing, crude humor and D-list celebrity guest appearances. This year, though, London can justifiably celebrate its own little Christmas miracle. The festive menu is…