As Bagehot and his six-year-old son took their seats for "Cin-derella" at the New Wimbledon Theatre, both were anxious. Your columnist had gone two decades without attending one of Britain's traditional Yuletide romps. The prospect of now spending two hours watching Linda Gray-Sue Ellen Ewing in "Dallas", as was-making her panto debut as the Fairy Godmother was discomfiting. His son was worried about the Ugly Sisters, gigantic creatures with space hopper breasts and dresses made out of pizza topping, according to the publicity pictures. They looked scary.
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