>
 > Interesting, and also informative books.  I've a slight
 > problem though with
 > the PBS MYSTERY dramatizations of them though.  My picture
 > of Brother
 > Cadfael differs radically from Derek Jacoby?  Think that's
 > his name--he
 > played Claudius in the MASTERPIECE THEATRE version of I,
 > CLAUDIUS.
 
Yes, and speaking of I, CLAUDIUS --
 
I like Jacoby, he's a fine actor, but I picture Cadfael as being much more 
like Brian Blessed, who played Caesar Augustus in I,C.  Cadfael's supposed to 
be an ex-soldier, right?  So you want someone who can give you the impression 
that they used to be soldierly but they've seen a little mileage.
 
Don't mean to malign Jacoby's physique, but Blessed is better at doing 
scruffy-looking, which would hint at Cadfael's past a bit better. 
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