COVER STORY: Dame for a laugh; Who is the real Barry Humphries? We know that his mother called him Sunny Sam. And that he's a scholar, an aesthete and a reformed alcoholic. But from where in his psyche came the vulgar Dame Edna and grotesque Sir Les? Andrew Barrow pays a rare visit to the star's London home and attempts to uncover the truth...(Features) From: The Independent on Sunday (London, England) | Date: August 15, 2004| Author: Barrow, Andrew | COPYRIGHT 2004 Independent Newspapers (UK) Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: Andrew Barrow

`I'm not really here," whispers Barry Humphries, welcoming me into his Hampstead home. "I don't... really... exist..." He seems real enough to me: buoyant, bright-eyed, slightly stooping - he turned 70 earlier this year - and dazzlingly dressed in a black-and-white zigzag-patterned jacket. What he means, I suppose, is that this is a flying visit. He's just come back from the US and is off to Australia the next day, then two days in Denmark - an exh...