Wodehouse not only wrote over 90 books, but penned plays and also lyrics for musicals like anything goes and show boat. Indeed, if anything could ever put one off being a wodehouse fan, it would be the somewhat cultish element among his admirers and biographers. Wodehouse is what the doctor ordered to tickle you in the funny bone and get a smile going on the old face. If you havent read a wodehouse book yet, you dont know what youre missing out on. The story first appeared in the magazine the captain, in two separate parts that were collected together in the original version of the book. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Wodehouse wrote 97 booksmore notably the jeeves novelsand countless short stories, articles, essays and films, and in 1975 was knighted side by side with carlie chaplin. Wodehouse, including novels and collections of short stories, sorted first by date of publication and later by series i. In fact, there are times when you cant help feeling that wodehouse has been surpassed. We produce and present all that is passionate, exuberant, profound, deep and dangerous in the american spirit.
Ive read quite a few other english authors, but in my opinion, no one comes as close to wodehouse as the marathi author, p. The original book was a collaborative effort by guy bolton and p. Nov 23, 2011 it was like i was pacman and the book was a powerup. After being educated at dulwich college, to which he remained devoted all his life, he was employed by a bank, but disliked the work and wrote magazine pieces in his spare time. His other works include the blandings castle novels and a wide range of farcical novels and. Hollywood also features in your next choice, wodehouse on wodehouse. Jeeves goes out of his way to make his presence totally indispensable, disentangling bertie from many a scrape with aunts, girls and unbidden guests, his ability to pull hapless fellows like bertie out of sundry holes making him a paragon. Reading the jeeves and wooster stories were one of the few times ive laughed to the point of tears and had to stop and rest to settle.
Pelham grenville he was known to his friends as plum was born a victorian and became one of the 20th centurys great comic writers. In fact, the maid in this novel, billie bennet, was engaged to eustace, samuel, bream, then to samuel again in less than a couple of weeks. Wodehouses books in order of when they were originally. Discretion is necessary since peters daughter is engaged to emsworths son. He worked with cole porter on the musical anything goes 1934, wrote the lyrics for the hit song bill in kerns show boat 1927. Music and lyrics by cole porter, book by guy bolton, pg wodehouse, howard lindsay and russel crouse ovation upstairs at the gatehouse 14 december 2016 to 29 january 2017. Anything goes countless singers have relished the memorable. Uncle fred flits by taken from a collection of short stories, young men in spats 1936, by p. Wodehouse enjoyed enormous popular success during a career of more than seventy years and his prolific writings continue to be widely read. Anything goes was first envisioned by producer vinton freedley while hiding out aboard. The original production of anything goes was written by guy bolton and p.
In addition to his humorous novels and stories, wodehouse collaborated with guy bolton in writing several popular broadway musicals, notably sally 1920, sitting pretty 1924, anything goes 1934, and bring on the girls 1954. Wodehouse 1881 1975 sir pelham grenville wodehouse kbe. Carry on, jeeves has all those wonderful elements that make a p. Upstairs at the gatehouse becomes the deck of the ss american for this revival of cole porters shipboard musical.
Upstairs at the gatehouse becomes the deck of the ss. The talent he displayed when writing lyrics for broadway shows like oscar hammersteins show boat and anything goes, plus the movies. This big book includes all wodehouses lyrics together with the. Wodehouse, heavily revised by the team of howard lindsay and russel crouse. Such people have a tendency to allude to him as the. Hes a tonic for those suffering from bearable but burdensome loads of boredom, from jadedness of outlook and. Anything goes blow gabriel blow youre the top i get a kick out of you. Wodehouses work has been anthologized, recompiled, and republished under a great many titles. The glamour of theatre is an undeniable part of its attraction, anything goes is an embodiment and recollection of it from a very specific era.
As it turns out, pelham grenville wodehouse what else. In 1987, it was revived at the vivian beaumont theatre with patti lupone in the leading role and a revised book by timothy crouse and john weidman. His idea was based on the premise of an ocean liner facing the threat of a possible shipwreck. His father was a british judge in hong kong and at the age of three wodehouse was placed into the care of a nanny and then various boarding. Wodehouse 18811975, english playwright and author created the fictional characters bertie wooster and reginald jeeves, starring in such works as the inimitable jeeves 1923, carry on jeeves 1925, right ho jeeves 1934, thank you, jeeves. Jan 18, 2009 wodehouse s comic debut, something fresh, appeared in 1915, during his third visit to america.
Wodehouse became a published author in 1902 with the novel the pothunters. So silly is the plot of cole porters anything goes that you half expect hero billy crocker josh franklin to tack deluded onto the list of delightful, delicious, delovely sweet nothings he hurls his lovers way. Psychologically the most revealing book of wodehouses early period is psmith in the city. His final completed novel was aunts arent gentlemen aka the catnappers. Wodehouse, howard lindsay and russel crouse april 1618 and 2325 at 7. Anything goes opened at the alvin theatre on november 21, 1934 and turned out to be the fourth longest running musical of the 30s. Among wodehouses greatest lyrics is bill, a hit in the musical show boat. Arena stage is alive as a center for american theater in our nations capital with productions, diverse and innovative works from around the country and the nurturing of new plays. Introducing the emsworth family, the plot turns on freddie threepwoods engagement to aline peters. The film ditches the entire original story in favour of a sidney sheldonpenned screenplay. Ive been lurking in rbooks for a while, and every time i see great comedic writers come up i see the likes of douglas adams and terry pratchett et al i never seem to see p. In 1902 he published his first novel, the pothunters, set at the fictional public school of st.
Before we look at your book selection, can you give us a thumbnail sketch of p g wodehouse. Continuing the national youth music theatres summer residence at the other palace sees this formidable company stage cole porters satirical musical anything goes. To ask other readers questions about anything goes, please sign up. Wodehouse, with later revisions by howard lindsay and russel crouse. Wodehouse spins a good yarn, twisting the plot and the characters dilemmas like a circus contortionist.
Master of comedy novelist pelham plum grenville wodehouse was born on october 15, 1881, in. Wrykyn, wodehouses imaginary public school, is a school of a more fashionable type than dulwich, and one gets the impression that between the gold bat 1904 and mike 1908 wrykyn itself has become more expensive and moved farther from london. We explore issues from the past, present and future that reflect. Anything goes music and lyrics by cole porter book by guy bolton, p. Three men and a maid kindle edition by wodehouse, p. Anything goes by guy bolton meet your next favorite book. In his ninetysix years he wrote almost two hundred short stories, plays, articles, song lyrics including working with cole porter on the musical anything goes. Pelham grenville wodehouse october 15, 1881 guildford, surrey, england, uk. Wodehouse 18811975 when the absentminded earl of emsworth wanders off with the pride of his scarab collection, american millionaire j. Tonys books on wodehouses life and work line many of our shelves. Is there anything better than reading a wodehouse book on a bright, sunny day.
Music and lyrics by cole porter original book by p. Presented by arrangement with tamswitmark music library. Wodehouse 15 october 1881 14 february 1975 was an english. He is best known for creating jeeves, the quintessential servant. For the princess theatre, bolton and wodehouse wrote the book and lyrics for have. Its all aboard for a breath of fresh sea air as the most delightful, delicious and delovely show berths at newcastles theatre royal this week. Is a collection of ten short golf stories by the famous humorist p. As it turns out, pelham grenville wodehouse what else would the p. Guy reginald bolton 23 november 1884 4 september 1979 was an angloamerican. Wodehouse is credited as writer, lyricist and source material. In addition to anything goes, their work together includes have a heart. Wodehouse sir pelham grenville wodehouse, 15 october 1881 14 february 1975 was an english writer whose body of work includes novels, collections of short stories, and musical theatre.
In the middle of the great depression, cole porter had worked up the show with a book by pg wodehouse and guy bolton that was then hastily and heavily reworked by howard lindsay and russel crouse who would go on to write the dialogue of, among others, the. Cole porters world, the one he crams aboard the ss america is the same as we would find in the pages of heat had it. It was like i was pacman and the book was a powerup. Anything goes is a musical with music and lyrics by cole porter.
Billy crocker is a stowaway in love with heiress hope harcourt, who is engaged to lord evelyn oakleigh. Wodehouse soon moved into the more lucrative field of light romance, and finally, in the late twenties, shifted permanently to the pure comedies he preferred. He additionally wrote the book to several longrunning broadway musicals, adapted some others to. Wodehouse passed away while writing sunset at blandings, which was finished and published in 1977. Sweeney is concluding the first act of the musical anything goes with its title song.
Wodehouses contemporary george orwell came to his aid, penning a 1945 essay called in defense of p. All of pg wodehouses books are fun and have little laugh out loud bits in them. I called my wife and asked her to fedex the rest of her wodehouse collection to my hotel in city number 11. May 08, 20 ive read quite a few other english authors, but in my opinion, no one comes as close to wodehouse as the marathi author, p. Despite the political and social upheavals that occurred during his life, much of which was spent in france and the united states, wodehouses main canvas remained that of prewar english upperclass society, reflecting his birth, education, and. Jeeves is often mistakenly referred to as a butler.
Oct 01, 2018 sweeney is concluding the first act of the musical anything goes with its title song. The story concerns madcap antics aboard an ocean liner bound from new york to london. Wodehouse passed away while writing sunset at blandings, which was finished and published in. They remained friends and neighbors in remsenburg, ny throughout their final days. Wodehouse 18811975 was an english comic writer who enjoyed enormous popular success for more than seventy years. Wodehouse was a comic writer who enjoyed enormous popular success during a career of more than seventy years and continues to be widely read. Wodehouse, and i firmly believe he sits amongst those giants of literary comedy. There is nothing like a good wodehouse read to cheer one up, not a pill, not a drink, not a men or women just wodehouse. Oct 15, 2017 wodehouses contemporary george orwell came to his aid, penning a 1945 essay called in defense of p. Anything goes is a 1934 musical with music and lyrics by cole porter. Lord emsworth has lost his glasses as he is now as blind as a bat, they must be found before hes off to london to collect mr ralston mctodd, the great canadian poet, who has been kindly invited to blandings by clarences sister lady connie keeble, now chatelaine of the.
Casting equity actors for five roles in anything goes. Wodehouse 15 october 1881 14 february 1975 was an english author and is widely regarded as the greatest comic author of the 20th century. See more ideas about my books, books and p g wodehouse. In 1934 wodehouse collaborated with bolton on the book for cole porters anything goes porter wrote his own lyrics, but at the last minute their version was almost entirely rewritten by others at the instigation of the producer, who disliked the original script. Wodehouse18811975 prolific english comic novelist, short story writer, lyricist and playwright, best known as the creator of jeeves, the perfect gentlemans gentleman, bertie wooster of the drones club, a young bachelor aristocrat, and the absentminded lord emsworth of the blandings castle. Get cozy and expand your home library with a large online selection of books at. Anything goes a musical by cole porter, guy bolton, p. This is a collection of three of wodehouses nonfiction books. Actively seeking actors of all races and ethnicities for all roles. In three men and a maid, young people fly into and out of love and engagements without a second thought. Anything goes was first envisioned by producer vinton freedley while hiding out aboard a fishing boat in the gulf of panama after fleeing the country to escape creditors. Among wodehouse s greatest lyrics is bill, a hit in the musical show boat. He additionally wrote the book to several longrunning broadway musicals, adapted some others to the stage, and rewrote cole porters anything goes.
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