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== Introduction ==
 
== Introduction ==
  
Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse KBE (15 October 1881 – 14 February 1975) was an English author, playwright, screenwriter and lyricist. The creator of the worlds of Jeeves & Wooster and Blandings Castle, among many others, Wodehouse was one of the most prolific and widely read humorists of the 20th century, with over 100 books to his name.  
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Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse KBE (15 October 1881 – 14 February 1975) was an English author, playwright, screenwriter and lyricist, widely regarded as the greatest comic author of the 20th century. Hilaire Belloc, no less, called him ‘the head of my profession’. This high respect from his peers, past and present, is principally for his supreme command of the English language.
  
As a Broadway lyricist in the 1920s and 30s he collaborated with Jerome Kern, Guy Bolton, George Gershwin, Cole Porter and others.
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Wodehouse wrote more than 70 novels and 200 short stories, creating numerous much-loved characters - the inimitable Jeeves and Wooster, Lord Emsworth and his beloved Empress of Blandings, Mr Mulliner, Uncle Fred, Ukridge, and Psmith. His humorous articles were published in more than 80 magazines, including Punch, over six decades.  He was also a highly successful musical lyricist, collaborating with Jerome Kern, Guy Bolton, George Gershwin, Cole Porter and others.
  
 
== SLT Productions ==
 
== SLT Productions ==
  
*[[By Jeeves (2014)|By Jeeves]] ([[2014]]) ([[Prompt Corner]]) - adapted by [[Alan Ayckbourn]] from the novels of P G Wodehouse; lyrics by [[Alan Ayckbourn]], music by [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]]
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* [[By Jeeves (2014)|By Jeeves]] ([[2014]]) ([[Prompt Corner]]) - adapted by [[Alan Ayckbourn]] from the novels of P G Wodehouse; lyrics by [[Alan Ayckbourn]], music by [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]]
 
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* [[Jeeves and Wooster in Perfect Nonsense (2017)|Jeeves and Wooster in Perfect Nonsense]] by The [[Goodale Brothers]] from the works of P G Wodehouse
  
 
== See Also ==
 
== See Also ==
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== External Links ==
 
== External Links ==
  
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._G._Wodehousel Wodehouse on Wikipedia]
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._G._Wodehouse Wodehouse on Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._G._Wodehouse_bibliography| Wodehouse bibliography - novels, short story collections, plays, musicals, films, autobiographies etc.]
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._G._Wodehouse_bibliography Wodehouse bibliography] - novels, short story collections, plays, musicals, films, autobiographies etc.
* [http://www.everymanslibrary.co.uk/wodehouse.aspx| The Everyman's Library collected edition of all the novels and stories]
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* [http://www.everymanslibrary.co.uk/wodehouse.aspx The Everyman's Library collected edition of all the novels and stories]
* [http://www.pgwodehousesociety.org.uk/index.html| The P G Wodehouse Society (UK)]
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* [http://www.pgwodehousesociety.org.uk/index.html The P G Wodehouse Society (UK)]
 
[[Category:People|Wodehouse, P G]]
 
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[[Category:Playwrights|Wodehouse, P G]]
 
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P G Wodehouse


Introduction

Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse KBE (15 October 1881 – 14 February 1975) was an English author, playwright, screenwriter and lyricist, widely regarded as the greatest comic author of the 20th century. Hilaire Belloc, no less, called him ‘the head of my profession’. This high respect from his peers, past and present, is principally for his supreme command of the English language.

Wodehouse wrote more than 70 novels and 200 short stories, creating numerous much-loved characters - the inimitable Jeeves and Wooster, Lord Emsworth and his beloved Empress of Blandings, Mr Mulliner, Uncle Fred, Ukridge, and Psmith. His humorous articles were published in more than 80 magazines, including Punch, over six decades. He was also a highly successful musical lyricist, collaborating with Jerome Kern, Guy Bolton, George Gershwin, Cole Porter and others.

SLT Productions

See Also

External Links