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You'll thank me after Christmas

Paul Mescal as Stanley and Patsy Ferran as Blanche in A Streetcar Named Desire. Photo: Marc Brenner

I’m aware that this is an expensive time of year, even if, like my immediate family, you are moderately parsimonious when it comes to presents (my mother’s ancestors moved from Scotland to Australia some three or four generations ago, but there remains a s…