A Game of Snakes and Ladders by Doris Langley Moore

Title: A Game of Snakes and Ladders
Author: Doris Langley Moore
Publication: Dean Street Press, paperback, originally published in 1938
Genre: Fiction
Setting: 20th century Egypt and London, between the wars

Description: Lucy Kendon was the second lead in a second-rate theatrical company touring overseas, now in Egypt. With help from kind-hearted Lucy, Daisy Joy joined the company in Australia when a cast member dropped out.