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To NIGEL PLAYFAIR and the Ladies and Gentlemen of "THE BEGGAR'S OPERA COMPANY" (Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, June 5th, 1920) who were so constantly his "pleasure and soft repose" while the following pages were writing, this book is dedicated by their friend and well-wisher The Author Kensington 1921