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One of a series of scans submitted by Neal Dench - He writes ~
"My Dad worked with Alfred Lester quite early in his career, before Lester really became well known. I think he may have worked with him later on as well, but I'm not sure. When my Dad was about 11 (yes, he was treading the boards for a living then, with his parents), I believe Alfred Lester joined my grandfather's portable theatre company. I think he was in a play called "The Rich and Poor of London", which I
assume was a typical old Victorian tragedy along the lines of East Lynne. At about this time, Alfred Lester had a pet fox terrier called Lady to whom he was devoted. The dog went everywhere with him. The Xmas after he left the Rich and Poor of London, my Dad and his father found themselves in digs next door to Alfred Lester, so my Dad was sent round to wish him a happy Xmas. The landlady showed him into
Lester's room to find him and Lady, both sitting at the table, eating a Xmas meal. This would probably be 1903-4? Perhaps a little later."
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