""I was photographed naked on a cushion very early in life, an insane, toothless smile slitting my face and pleats of fat overlapping me like an ill-fitting overcoat. Later, at the age of two, I was photographed again. This time in a lace dress, leaning against a garden roller and laughing hysterically. If these photographs can be found they will adorn this book."" Thus begins the life story of one of the most celebrated characters in British theatrical history, in the first of Coward''s autobiographies, first published in 1937. Displaying an early dedication to the theatre, Present Indicative |