CONTENTS
Title Page
Dedication
Epigraph
Overture
PART ONE: CAST
Chapter 1 Prime Minister
Chapter 2 War Minister
Chapter 3 Lord
Chapter 4 Doctor
Chapter 5 Good-Time Girls
Chapter 6 Landlords
Chapter 7 Hacks
Chapter 8 Spies
PART TWO: DRAMA
Chapter 9 Acting Up
Chapter 10 Show Trials
Chapter 11 Safety Curtain
Picture Section
Notes
Index
Acknowledgements
Also by Richard Davenport-Hines
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