It's That Man Again and Mysteries at the Office of Twerps; the Mayor of seedy seaside resort Foaming at the Mouth; and Governor of the South Sea island Tomtopia. Other performers in the show included Jack Train, a master of voices; Clarence Wright, who played the commercial traveller; the man from the ministry, Deryck Guyler; and Joan Harben (sister of Philip Harben) as Mona Lott. Hattie Jacques, who played Sophie Tuckshop (the earliest of Jacques' roles dependent upon her physical size) joined the cast towards the end of the run. The programme featured dozens of other characters, such as Mrs Mopp and Colonel Chinstrap.
Sophie Dedekam over 160 roles. In 1819 Morton Dedekam married his 17-year-old cousin, Margrethe Sophie Ebbel (1802-1854). The couple had five daughters and one son who lived to adulthood. An accomplished amateur pianist, Margrethe offered music lessons to her daughter, constituting the extent of Sophie's musical training. Sophie's autobiographic almanacs record the early manifestation of this training through singing and playing the piano at various society events to which she had access through her parents’ social and economic position. Her almanacs also note early efforts at composition, where Sophie described melodies coming to her intact, ready to be immediately written down. School