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Sir P. G. Wodehouse

Wodehouse in 1904 (aged 23).
Born October 15, 1881(1881-10-15)
Guildford, Surrey, UK
Died February 14 1975 (aged 93)
Southampton, NY, United States
Pen name Henry William-Jones
P Brooke-Haven
Pelham Grenville
Melrose Grainger
J Walker Williams
C P West
Occupation novelist, playwright, lyricist
Nationality British
United States (1955, aged 74)
Writing period 1902–1975
Genres comedy, romantic comedy

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An acknowledged master of English prose, Wodehouse has been admired both by contemporaries such as Hilaire Belloc, Evelyn Waugh and Rudyard Kipling and by modern writers such as Douglas Adams, Salman Rushdie and Terry Pratchett. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States For the Wikipedia guideline regarding editing articles see WikipediaManual of Style. Joseph Hilaire Pierre René Belloc (27 July 1870 &ndash 16 July 1953 was a French -born Writer who became a Naturalised British subject Arthur Evelyn St John Waugh (ˈiːvlɪn ˈwɔː (28 October 1903 &ndash 10 April 1966 was an English Writer, best known for such darkly humorous and Joseph Rudyard Kipling (30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936 was an English Author and poet Douglas Noël Adams (11 March 1952 &ndash 11 May 2001 was an English author comic Radio dramatist Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie Kt (born 19 June 1947 is an Indian - British novelist and essayist Terence David John Pratchett, OBE (born 28 April 1948 is an English fantasy, Science fiction, and children's author. Sean O'Casey famously called him "English literature's performing flea", a description that Wodehouse used as the title of a collection of his letters to a friend, Bill Townend. Seán O'Casey ( Irish Seán Ó Cathasaigh (30 March 1880 &ndash 18 September 1964 was a major Irish dramatist and Memoirist A committed irish

Best known today for the Jeeves and Blandings Castle novels and short stories, Wodehouse was also a talented playwright and lyricist who was part author and writer of fifteen plays and of 250 lyrics for some thirty musical comedies. Reginald Jeeves is a Fictional character in the short stories and novels of P Blandings Castle is a recurring Fictional location in the stories of British comic writer P Musical theatre is a form of Theatre combining Music, Songs spoken Dialogue and Dance. He worked with Cole Porter on the musical Anything Goes (1934) and frequently collaborated with Jerome Kern and Guy Bolton. Cole Albert Porter (June 9 1891 &ndash October 15 1964 was an American Composer and songwriter from Peru, Indiana. Musical theatre is a form of Theatre combining Music, Songs spoken Dialogue and Dance. Anything Goes is a musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter. Jerome David Kern ( January 27, 1885 &ndash November 11, 1945) was an American Composer of popular music Guy Reginald Bolton ( November 23, 1884 - September 6, 1979) was a British - American Playwright and writer of He wrote the lyrics for the hit song "Bill" in Kern's Show Boat (1927), wrote the lyrics for the Gershwin - Romberg musical Rosalie (1928), and collaborated with Rudolf Friml on a musical version of The Three Musketeers (1928). Show Boat is a musical in two acts with music by Jerome Kern and book (based on a novel by Edna Ferber) and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein George Gershwin (September 26 1898 &ndash July 11 1937 was an American Composer. Sigmund Romberg, born Zsigmond Romberg ( July 29, 1887, Nagykanizsa − November 9, 1951 Rosalie is an American musical play first produced in 1928 It was later adapted as a musical film by MGM in 1937 Rudolf Friml ( December 7, 1879 - November 12, 1972) was a Composer of Operettas musicals and songs as well The Three Musketeers is a musical with a book by William Anthony McGuire, lyrics by Clifford Grey and P

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Early life

Wodehouse, called "Plum"[1] by most family and friends, was born prematurely to Eleanor Wodehouse (née Deane) whilst she was visiting Guildford. Guildford ( IPA /ˈgɪlfəd/ is the County town of Surrey, England, as well as the seat for the borough of Guildford and the His father Henry Ernest Wodehouse (1845–1929) was a British judge in Hong Kong. Hong Kong ( officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located on China 's south coast on the Pearl River Delta, and borders The Wodehouse family had been settled in Norfolk for many centuries. Norfolk (ˈnɔrfək is a low-lying county in East Anglia, England, United Kingdom. Wodehouse's great-grandfather Reverend Philip Wodehouse was the second son of Sir Armine Wodehouse, 5th Baronet, whose eldest son John Wodehouse, 1st Baron Wodehouse, was the ancestor of the Earls of Kimberley. Sir Armine Wodehouse 5th Baronet (c 1714 - 21 May 1777) was a British Member of Parliament. John Wodehouse 1st Baron Wodehouse ( 4 April 1741 &ndash 29 May 1834) known as Sir John Wodehouse 6th Baronet, from 1777 to 1797 Earl of Kimberley, of Kimberley in the County of Norfolk, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. His godfather was Pelham von Donop after whom he was named. A godparent, in many denominations of Christianity, is someone who sponsors a child's Baptism. Lieutenant-Colonel Pelham George von Donop ( 28 April 1851 - 7 November 1921) was an officer in the Royal Engineers and later Chief [2]

When he was just 3 years old, Wodehouse was brought back to England and placed in the care of a nanny. He attended various boarding schools and, between the ages of three and 15 years, saw his parents for barely 6 months in total. (McCrum, 2004, pp 14-15) Wodehouse grew very close to his brother, who shared his love for art. Wodehouse filled the voids in his life by writing relentlessly. He spent quite a few of his school holidays with one aunt or another; it has been speculated that this gave him a healthy horror of the "gaggle of aunts", reflected in Bertie Wooster's formidable aunts Agatha and Dahlia, as well as Lady Constance Keeble's tyranny over her many nieces and nephews in the Blandings Castle series. Bertram Wilberforce "Bertie" Wooster is a recurring Fictional character in the Jeeves novels of British Author Agatha Gregson, née Wooster later Lady Worplesdon, is a recurring Fictional character from the Jeeves stories of British comic writer P Dahlia Travers (née Wooster is a recurring Fictional character in the Jeeves novels of British comic writer P Lady Constance Keeble (née Constance Threepwood, later Constance Schoonmaker) is a recurring Fictional character in the Blandings stories by Blandings Castle is a recurring Fictional location in the stories of British comic writer P

Wodehouse was educated at Dulwich College, where the library is now named after him, but his anticipated progression to university was stymied by family financial problems. Dulwich College is an independent selective fee-paying public school for boys in Dulwich, a suburb of south-east London United Kingdom Subsequently he worked for the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank in London (now known as HSBC) for two years, though he was never interested in banking as a career. HSBC Holdings plc ( (,,,) is a Public limited company incorporated in England and Wales, headquartered in London. He wrote part-time while working in the bank, eventually proving successful enough to take up writing as a full-time profession. He was a journalist with The Globe (a defunct English newspaper) for some years before moving to New York, where he worked for a time as theatre critic of The New Yorker, collaborated with Guy Bolton and Jerome Kern on several musical comedies, and began publishing short stories and novels. The New Yorker is an American Magazine that publishes reportage commentary criticism essays fiction satire cartoons and poetry In the 1930s, he had two brief stints as a screenwriter in Hollywood, where he claimed he was greatly over-paid. Many of his novels were also serialised in magazines such as The Saturday Evening Post and The Strand, which also paid well. The Saturday Evening Post was a weekly Magazine published in the United States from August 4, 1821 to February 8, The Strand Magazine was a monthly fiction magazine founded by George Newnes.

Wodehouse married Ethel Wayman in 1914, gaining a stepdaughter, Leonora. Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year He had no biological children, perhaps owing to having contracted mumps as a young man. Mumps or epidemic Parotitis is a Viral disease of the Human species

Life in France

Although Wodehouse and his novels are considered quintessentially English, from 1914 onward he shared his time between England and the United States. In 1934, he took up residence in France, to avoid double taxation on his earnings by the tax authorities in Britain and the US. He was also profoundly uninterested in politics and world affairs. When World War II broke out in 1939 he remained at his seaside home in Le Touquet, France, instead of returning to England, apparently failing to recognise the seriousness of the conflict. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Le Touquet-Paris-Plage, commonly referred to as Le Touquet, is a coastal town and commune of the Pas-de-Calais département, This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. He was subsequently taken prisoner by the Germans in 1940 and interned by them for a year, first in Belgium, then at Tost (now Toszek) in Upper Silesia (now in Poland). The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those Toszek (Tost is a town in Poland, in Gliwice County, Silesian Voivodeship, with 4000 inhabitants Upper Silesia (Horní Slezsko Oberschlesien Latin: Silesia Superior; Górny Śląsk Silesian: Gůrny Ślůnsk) is the southeastern part Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland He is recorded as saying, "If this is Upper Silesia, one wonders what Lower Silesia must be like. . . "

While at Tost, he entertained his fellow prisoners with witty dialogues. After being released from internment, a few months short of his 60th birthday, he used these dialogues as a basis for a series of radio broadcasts aimed at America (then not at war) that the Germans tricked him into making from Berlin. Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany. Wodehouse believed he would be admired as showing himself to have ‘kept a stiff upper lip’ during his internment. [3] Wartime England was in no mood for light-hearted banter, however, and the broadcasts led to many accusations of collaboration with the Nazis and even treason. Collaboration is a recursive process where two or more people or organizations work together toward an intersection of common goals — for example an intellectual Nazism, which was a short name for National Socialism (Nationalsozialismus refers primarily to the Ideology and practices of the National Socialist German Some libraries banned his books. Foremost among his critics was A. A. Milne, author of the Winnie the Pooh books; Wodehouse got some revenge by creating a ridiculous character named Timothy Bobbin, who starred in parodies of some of Milne's children's poetry. Alan Alexander Milne (ˈmɪln (18 January 1882 &ndash 31 January 1956 was an English Author, best known for his Books about the Teddy bear Winnie-the-Pooh, commonly shortened to Pooh Bear and once referred to as Edward Bear, is a fictional Bear created by A Among Wodehouse's defenders were Evelyn Waugh and George Orwell. Arthur Evelyn St John Waugh (ˈiːvlɪn ˈwɔː (28 October 1903 &ndash 10 April 1966 was an English Writer, best known for such darkly humorous and Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950 who used the Pseudonym George Orwell, was an English writer [4] An investigation by the British security service MI5 concluded that Wodehouse was naive and foolish but not a traitor. [5]

The criticism led Wodehouse and his wife to move permanently to New York. Apart from Leonora, who died during Wodehouse's internment in Germany, they had no children. He became an American citizen in 1955 and never returned to his homeland, spending the remainder of his life in Remsenburg, Long Island. For census related data see the entry for Remsenburg-Speonk New York Remsenburg is a hamlet located in the Town of Southhampton

Later life

He was made a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) shortly before his death at the age of 93. The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British Order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. It is widely believed that the honour was not given earlier because of lingering resentment about the German broadcasts. In a BBC interview he said that he had no ambitions left now that he had been knighted and there was a waxwork of him in Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum. His doctor advised him not to travel to London to be knighted, and his wife later received the award on his behalf from the British consul. [6]

In 2000, the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize was established and named in honour of PG Wodehouse and awards an annual prize for the finest example in the UK of comic writing. The Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize is the UK's only literary award for comic writing

Writing style

Wodehouse took a modest attitude to his own works. In Over Seventy (1957) he wrote:

"I go in for what is known in the trade as 'light writing' and those who do that – humorists they are sometimes called – are looked down upon by the intelligentsia and sneered at. Over Seventy is an autobiographical work by PG Wodehouse, including a collection of articles originally from Punch. "

Literary tastes and influence

In the same article, Wodehouse names some contemporary humorists whom he held in high regard. These include Frank Sullivan, A. P. Herbert, and Alex Atkinson. Sir Alan Patrick Herbert, CH (usually writing as A P Herbert or A Alex Atkinson (1916-1962 was an English journalist novelist and playwright who is best remembered for his collaborative works with the illustrator Ronald Searle. Two essays in Tales of St. Austin’s satirize modern literary criticism; “The Tom Brown Question” is a parody of Homeric Analysts, and “Notes” criticizes both classical and English critics, with an ironic exception for those explicating the meaning of Browning. Tom Brown refers to many people including Sports Tom Brown (center fielder (1860–1927 19th-century baseball player and manager Homeric scholarship is the study of Homeric epic, especially the two large surviving epics the Iliad and Odyssey. Robert Browning (7 May 1812 - 12 December 1889 was an English poet and playwright whose mastery of Dramatic verse, especially Dramatic monologues made him one of In “Work,” Wodehouse calls the claim that “Virgil is hard,” “a shallow falsehood,” but notes that “Aeschylus, on the other hand, is a demon. Publius Vergilius Maro ( October 15, 70 BCE &ndash September 21, 19 BCE later called Virgilius, and known in English as Virgil or Aeschylus (ˈɛskɨləs or /ˈiːskɨləs/ Greek: Ασχύλος, Aischylos, 525 BC/524 BC 456 BC/455 BC was an ancient Greek Playwright ” Shakespeare and Tennyson were also obvious influences; their works were the only books Wodehouse brought with him in his internment. William Shakespeare ( baptised [7] Wodehouse also seems to have enjoyed the traditional English thriller; in the 1960s he gave important praise for the debut novels of Gavin Lyall[8] and George MacDonald Fraser. The thriller is a broad Genre of Literature, Film, Gaming and Television. Gavin Tudor Lyall ( May 9 1932 - January 18 2003) was a English Author of espionage thrillers Biography George MacDonald Fraser, OBE (2 April 1925 &ndash 2 January 2008 was a British Author of both Historical novels and Non-fiction books [9] In later life, he read mysteries by Ngaio Marsh and Rex Stout, and unfailingly watched the soap opera The Edge of Night. Dame Ngaio Marsh DBE ( April 23, 1895 &ndash February 18, 1982) born Edith Ngaio Marsh was a Crime writer and Rex Todhunter Stout ( December 1 1886 - October 27 1975) was an American Crime writer, best known as the creator of A soap opera is an ongoing episodic work of Fiction, usually broadcast on Television or Radio. The Edge of Night (or known informally as Edge or EON by fans was a long-running American television mystery series/ Soap opera produced by Procter [10]

Characters

Wodehouse's characters, however, were not always popular with the establishment, notably the foppish foolishness of Bertie Wooster. Bertram Wilberforce "Bertie" Wooster is a recurring Fictional character in the Jeeves novels of British Author Papers released by the Public Record Office have disclosed that when P. The Public Record Office (PRO of the United Kingdom is one of the three organisations that make up the National Archives (the others are the Historical Manuscripts G. Wodehouse was recommended in 1967 for an Companion of Honour, Sir Patrick Dean, the British ambassador in Washington, argued that it "would also give currency to a Bertie Wooster image of the British character which we are doing our best to eradicate. The Order of the Companions of Honour is a British and Commonwealth Order. "

Wodehouse's characters are often eccentric, with peculiar attachments, such as to pigs (Lord Emsworth), newts (Gussie Fink-Nottle), or socks (Archibald Mulliner). Clarence Threepwood 9th Earl of Emsworth Viscount Bosham or Lord Emsworth is a recurring Fictional character in the Blandings stories by British comic Augustus "Gussie" Fink-Nottle is a recurring Fictional character in the Jeeves novels of British comic writer P "The Reverent Wooing of Archibald" is a Short story by British comic writer P His "mentally negligible" good-natured characters invariably make their lot worse by their half-witted schemes to improve a bad situation.

Wodehouse's aristocrats, however, embody many of the comic attributes that characterize buffoons. In many cases the classic eccentricities of Wodehouse's upperclass give rise to plot complications.

Relatives, especially aunts and uncles, are commonly depicted with an exaggerated power to help or impede marriage or financial prospects, or simply to make life miserable. Friends are often more a trouble than a comfort in Wodehouse stories: the main character is typically being placed in a most painful situation just to please a friend. Antagonists (particularly rivals in love) are frequently terrifying and just as often get their come-uppance in a delicious fashion.

Policemen and magistrates are typically portrayed as threatening, yet easy to fool, often through the simple expedient of giving a false name. Police are agents or agencies usually of the executive, empowered to enforce the law and to effect public and social order through the legitimatized use of force A magistrate is a judicial officer In Common law systems a magistrate usually has limited authority to administer and enforce the Law. A recurring motif is the theft of policemen's helmets.

In a manner going back to the stock characters of Roman comedy (such as Plautus), Wodehouse's servants are frequently far cleverer than their masters. Titus Maccius Plautus (c 254–184 BCE commonly known as Plautus, was a Roman Playwright. This is quintessentially true with Jeeves, who always pulls Bertie Wooster out of the direst scrapes. Reginald Jeeves is a Fictional character in the short stories and novels of P It recurs elsewhere, such as the efficient (though despised) Baxter, secretary to the befogged Lord Emsworth. Rupert Baxter is a Fictional character in the Blandings stories by P Clarence Threepwood 9th Earl of Emsworth Viscount Bosham or Lord Emsworth is a recurring Fictional character in the Blandings stories by British comic

Plots

Although his plots are on the surface formulaic, Wodehouse's genius lies in the tangled layers of comedic complications that the characters must endure to reach the invariable happy ending. Typically, a relative or friend makes some demand that forces a character into a bizarre situation that seems impossible to recover from, only to resolve itself in a clever and satisfying finale. The layers pile up thickly in the longer works, with a character getting into multiple dangerous situations by mid-story. An outstanding example of this is The Code of the Woosters where most of the chapters have an essential plot point reversed in the last sentence, catapulting the characters forward into greater diplomatic disasters. The Code of the Woosters is a Novel by P G Wodehouse, first published on October 7, 1938, in the United Kingdom

Engagements are a common theme in Wodehouse stories. A man may be unable to become engaged to the woman he loves due to some impediment. Just as often, he becomes unwillingly, or even accidentally, engaged to a woman he does not love and needs to find some back-door way out other than breaking it off directly (which goes against a gentleman's code of honour). A case in point is Freddie in Something Fresh, where his engagement to Miss Peters apparently broke off after she eloped with George Emerson. A very sad situation of a girl choosing a spirited man instead of her dim witted fiancé was cleverly made light hearted by showing how Freddie could not care less, as he was more interested in meeting the revered writer of detective stories, Ashe Marson, and so on.

Assumed identities and resulting confusion are particularly common in the Blandings books.

Gambling often plays a large role in Wodehouse plots, typically with someone manipulating the outcome of the wager.

Another subject which features strongly in Wodehouse's plots is alcohol, and many plots revolve around the tipsiness of a major character. It is clear that Wodehouse himself was fond of a tipple, and he enumerated what many people consider as the definitive list of hangovers: the Broken Compass, the Sewing Machine, the Comet, the Atomic, the Cement Mixer and the Gremlin Boogie. Furthermore, he makes several references to a drink called the "May Queen",[11] described by Uncle Fred as "any good dry champagne, to which is added liqueur brandy, armagnac, kümmel, yellow chartreuse, and old stout, to taste", which inspires several characters to acts of daring, such as proposing to their true loves. Frederick Altamont Cornwallis Twistleton 5th Earl of Ickenham, commonly known as Uncle Fred, is a Fictional character from the short stories and Novels

Writings

Main articles: List of books by P. G. Wodehouse and List of short stories by P. G. Wodehouse

Wodehouse was a prolific author, writing ninety-six books in a career spanning from 1902 to 1975. The following is a complete list of books by P G Wodehouse, including novels and collections of short stories sorted first by date of publication and then by recurring characters The following is an incomplete list of short stories by P G Wodehouse grouped by the Wodehouse canon to which they belong if applicable within which they are listed His works include novels, collections of short stories, and a musical comedy. Many characters and locations appear repeatedly throughout his short stories and novels, leading readers to classify his work by "series", being:

Adaptations

See also: Category:Works derived from P. G. Wodehouse

Considering the extent of his success, there have been comparatively few adaptations of Wodehouse's works, in part because he was reluctant:

"One great advantage in being a historian to a man like Jeeves is that his mere personality prevents one selling one's artistic soul for gold. In recent years I have had lucrative offers for his services from theatrical managers, motion-picture magnates, the proprietors of one or two widely advertised commodities, and even the editor of the comic supplement of an American newspaper, who wanted him for a "comic strip". But, tempting though the terms were, it only needed Jeeves deprecating cough and his murmured "I would scarcely advocate it, sir," to put the jack under my better nature. Jeeves knows his place, and it is between the covers of a book. " (from Wodehouse's introduction to the compilation The World of Jeeves, 1967)

A Damsel in Distress was adapted by Ian Hay as a stage play in 1928, with Hay, Wodehouse and A. A. Milne all investing in the production. A Damsel in Distress is a Novel by P G Wodehouse, first published in the U Major John Hay Beith, CBE (Ian Hay ( April 17, 1876 - September 22, 1952) from Edinburgh, Scotland was a Alan Alexander Milne (ˈmɪln (18 January 1882 &ndash 31 January 1956 was an English Author, best known for his Books about the Teddy bear [13] In 1930 Hay and Wodehouse dramatised Leave it to Psmith. Leave it to Psmith is a Comic novel by P G Wodehouse, first published in the United Kingdom on November 30 1923 [14]

A Musical film A Damsel in Distress with music and lyrics by George and Ira Gershwin was released in 1937, starring Fred Astaire, George Burns, Gracie Allen, and Joan Fontaine. The musical film is a Film genre in which several Songs sung by the characters are interwoven into the narrative A Damsel in Distress ( RKO) is a 1937 English-themed Hollywood musical comedy Film starring Fred Astaire, Joan Fontaine George Gershwin (September 26 1898 &ndash July 11 1937 was an American Composer. Ira Gershwin ( 6 December 1896 &ndash 17 August 1983) was an American Lyricist who collaborated with his younger Fred Astaire (born Frederick Austerlitz; May 10, 1899 &ndash June 22, 1987) was an American Academy Award George Burns ( January 20 1896 &ndash March 9 1996; born Nathan Birnbaum) was an American comedian, Actor Grace Ethel Cecile Rosalie Allen ( July 26 1895 Allen used to claim that she was born in 1906 but when pressed for evidence she would say that her birth certificate Joan Fontaine (born October 22, 1917) is an Academy Award -winning British Actress in American films A 1962 film adaptation of The Girl On The Boat starred Norman Wisdom, Millicent Martin and Richard Briers. Sir Norman Wisdom, OBE (born 4 February 1915) is an English Comedian, Singer and Actor. Millicent Mary Lillian Martin (born 8 June 1934) is an English actress, Singer and Comedian. Richard David Briers, CBE (born 14 January 1934 is an English Actor whose career has encompassed the theatre television film and radio

Both the Blandings and Jeeves stories have been adapted as BBC television series: the Jeeves series has been adapted for television twice, once in the 1960s (for the BBC), with the title World of Wooster, starring Ian Carmichael as Bertie Wooster, and Dennis Price as Jeeves—and again in the 1990s (by Granada Television for ITV), with the title Jeeves and Wooster, starring Hugh Laurie as Bertie and Stephen Fry as Jeeves. Ian Carmichael OBE (born 18 June 1920) is an English Film, stage, Television and Radio Actor Dennis Price ( 23 June 1915 - 6 October 1973) was an English Actor who is mainly remembered for his suave screen roles Granada Television is the United Kingdom ITV contractor for North West England. Independent Television (generally known as ITV) is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters set up under the Independent Jeeves and Wooster is a British Comedy Television series adapted by Clive Exton from P James Hugh Calum Laurie, OBE (born June 11, 1959) is an English Actor, Comedian, Writer and Musician Stephen John Fry (born 24 August 1957 is an English Humorist, Writer, Wit, Actor, Novelist, filmmaker David Niven and Arthur Treacher also starred as Bertie and Jeeves, respectively, in a short 1930s film that was a very loose adaptation of Thank You, Jeeves, and Treacher played Jeeves without Bertie in an original sequel, Step Lively, Jeeves. James David Graham Niven (1 March 1910 – 29 July 1983 was an English Academy Award -winning Actor probably best known for his role as the punctuality-obsessed Arthur Veary Treacher ( July 23 1894 &ndash December 14 1975) was an English actor born in Brighton, East Sussex

In 1975, Andrew Lloyd Webber made a musical, originally titled Jeeves. Andrew Lloyd Webber Baron Lloyd-Webber (born 22 March 1948 is a British Composer of Musical theatre, the elder son of William Lloyd Webber In 1996, it was rewritten as the more successful By Jeeves, which made it to Broadway, and a performance recorded as a video film, also shown on TV. By Jeeves, originally Jeeves, is a 1975/1996 musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Alan Ayckbourn, based on the novels of P

A version of Heavy Weather was filmed by the BBC in 1995 starring Peter O'Toole as Lord Emsworth and Richard Briers, again, as Lord Emsworth's brother, Galahad Threepwood. Heavy Weather was a dramatisation for television by Douglas Livingstone of the novel Heavy Weather by P Peter O'Toole (born 2 August 1932) is an Irish and British actor who achieved instant stardom in 1962 playing T Clarence Threepwood 9th Earl of Emsworth Viscount Bosham or Lord Emsworth is a recurring Fictional character in the Blandings stories by British comic Richard David Briers, CBE (born 14 January 1934 is an English Actor whose career has encompassed the theatre television film and radio The Honourable Galahad "Gally" Threepwood is a Fictional character in the Blandings stories by P

Piccadilly Jim was first filmed in 1936, starring Robert Montgomery. Piccadilly Jim is a Novel by P G Wodehouse, first published in the U Robert Montgomery ( May 21, 1904 &ndash September 27, 1981) was an American actor and director In 2004, Julian Fellowes wrote another screen adaptation which starred Sam Rockwell. Julian Alexander Kitchener-Fellowes DL (born 17 August 1949 in Cairo, Egypt) known as Julian Fellowes, was an actor Sam Rockwell (born November 5, 1968) is an American Actor. Biography Early life Rockwell was born in Daly City The film was not successful.

There was also a series of BBC adaptations of various short works, mostly from the Mulliner series, under the title of Wodehouse Playhouse starring John Alderton and Pauline Collins, which aired starting in 1975. John Alderton (born 27 November 1940) is an English Actor who is best known for his roles in Upstairs Downstairs, Pauline Collins, OBE (born 3 September 1940) is an English actress who is known for playing Sarah in Upstairs The first series was introduced by Wodehouse himself, which was extraordinary considering he was 93 at the time and died the year the TV series started.

Arthur, starring Dudley Moore and Sir John Gielgud, and its sequel Arthur II: On the Rocks, were also an adaptation of the characters of Bertie and Jeeves, although not officially acknowledged, and many of the lines and incidents from the movie, including the main plot involving an engagement, were directly influenced by Wodehouse's characters. Arthur is a 1981 film set in New York City which tells the story of drunken playboy millionaire Arthur Bach ( Dudley Moore) who is on the brink of Dudley Stuart John Moore, CBE (19 April 1935 &ndash 27 March 2002 was an English Actor, Comedian and Musician. Sir Arthur John Gielgud, OM, CH ( 14 April, 1904 – 21 May 2000) known as Sir John Gielgud, was an

Wodehouse's involvement with film and television from around the world is chronicled in Brian Taves, P. G. Wodehouse and Hollywood: Screenwriting, Satires, and Adaptations (McFarland, 2006).

Major characters

Lists of P. G. Wodehouse characters
Characters in all Wodehouse stories
Characters in the Blandings stories
Characters in the Drones Club stories
Characters in the Jeeves stories
Characters in the Mulliner stories
Characters in the Ukridge stories
Characters in other stories
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Major characters of primary importance

Wodehouse's work contains a number of recurring protagonists, narrators and principal characters, including:

Major characters of secondary importance

Certain of Wodehouse's less central characters are particularly well-known, despite being less critical elements of his works as a whole. The following is an incomplete list of Fictional characters featured in the books and stories of P The following is an incomplete compendium of the Fictional characters featured in the Blandings Castle stories of P The Drones Club is a recurring Fictional location in the stories of British comic writer P Alfred Mulliner.Wkfy Stories names redlinks with the same Title Case as in the collection articles. The following is an incomplete compendium of the Fictional characters featured in the Ukridge stories of P The following is an incomplete compendium of the Fictional characters featured in the stories of P Bertram Wilberforce "Bertie" Wooster is a recurring Fictional character in the Jeeves novels of British Author Valet and Varlet are terms for Male servants who serve as personal attendants to their employer Reginald Jeeves is a Fictional character in the short stories and novels of P Dahlia Travers (née Wooster is a recurring Fictional character in the Jeeves novels of British comic writer P Agatha Gregson, née Wooster later Lady Worplesdon, is a recurring Fictional character from the Jeeves stories of British comic writer P Clarence Threepwood 9th Earl of Emsworth Viscount Bosham or Lord Emsworth is a recurring Fictional character in the Blandings stories by British comic The following is an incomplete list of Fictional characters featured in the books and stories of P Mr Mulliner is a Fictional character from the short stories of P The Oldest Member is a Fictional character from the short stories and novels of P The Nineteenth hole is a Slang term used in Golf, generally referring to a Pub, bar, or Restaurant on or near the Golf course Rupert Psmith (or Ronald Eustace Psmith, as he is called in the last of the four books in which he appears is a recurring Fictional character in several novels by Stanley Featherstonehaugh Ukridge (pronounced "Fanshawe Ewkridge" (as in fridge is a Fictional character from the short stories and novels of P Frederick Altamont Cornwallis Twistleton 5th Earl of Ickenham, commonly known as Uncle Fred, is a Fictional character from the short stories and Novels

References

Sources consulted
Endnotes
  1. ^ Try saying "Pelham" fast
  2. ^ Jasen, David A. . PG Wodehouse: A Portrait of a Master. Music Sales Group, p. 14. ISBN 0-825672-75-9.  
  3. ^ Iain Sproat, ‘Wodehouse, Sir Pelham Grenville (1881–1975)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, Oct 2007
  4. ^ see article by Orwell
  5. ^ Weale, Adrian (1994), Renegades: Hitler's Englishmen, ISBN 0-297-81488-5. Adrian Weale (born 9 February 1964 in Knightsbridge, London) is an English Writer, Journalist, Illustrator and Photographer
  6. ^ McCrum, p 414
  7. ^ McCrum p. 276.
  8. ^ Gavin Lyall | Obituaries | guardian.co.uk
  9. ^ “Farewell to Flashman: The singular creation of George MacDonald Fraser, 1925-2008” by Christopher Hitchens. Christopher Eric Hitchens (born April 13, 1949) is a British Author, Journalist, Literary critic and American
  10. ^ McCrum p. 405.
  11. ^ or more fully: "Tomorrow'll be of all the year the maddest, merriest day, for I'm to be the Queen of the May, mother, the Queen of the May"
  12. ^ Wodehouse, P. G. (1969). "Preface [new since the 1969 edition]", Something Fresh.  “Something Fresh was the first of what I might call – in fact, I will call – the Blandings Castle Saga. ” 
  13. ^ Page 114 in P.G. Wodehouse: A Portrait of a Master by David A. Jasen (2002). ISBN 0825672759.
  14. ^ Page 279 in P. G. Wodehouse: A Portrait of a Master

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Persondata
NAME Wodehouse, Pelham Grenville, Sir
ALTERNATIVE NAMES P. G. Wodehouse
SHORT DESCRIPTION British comic writer creator of Jeeves
DATE OF BIRTH 15 October 1881
PLACE OF BIRTH Guildford, Surrey, UK
DATE OF DEATH 14 February 1975
PLACE OF DEATH Southampton, NY, United States
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