The Gypsy Baron
His last role in London was Popoff in "The Chocolate Soldier" in 1940, which also toured the provinces. He later toured in "The Beggar's Opera" in 1941 and served with Entertainments National Service Association in 1942. Now 70 years old, he toured in "The Chocolate Soldier" and "Blossom Time" in 1943. In 1944, Sheffield played Sir Lester Dedlock in a serialisation of "Bleak House" for BBC radio, and in 1945 he toured in "Naughty Marietta", with Derek Oldham, "The Gypsy Baron", and "The Melody of Love". In 1947, he appeared as himself and as Pooh-Bah in the original radio biography, "Gilbert and Sullivan", written by Leslie Baily.