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== Introduction == | == Introduction == | ||
| − | Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse KBE (15 October 1881 – 14 February 1975) was an English author and one of the most widely read humorists of the 20th century. | + | 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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| + | As a Broadway lyricist in the 1920s and 30s he collaborated with Jerome Kern, Guy Bolton, George Gershwin, Cole Porter and others. | ||
== SLT Productions == | == SLT Productions == | ||
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== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
| − | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._G._Wodehousel | + | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._G._Wodehousel Wodehouse on Wikipedia] |
| + | * [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] | ||
[[Category:People|Wodehouse, P G]] | [[Category:People|Wodehouse, P G]] | ||
[[Category:Playwrights|Wodehouse, P G]] | [[Category:Playwrights|Wodehouse, P G]] | ||
Revision as of 23:47, 13 September 2017
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.
As a Broadway lyricist in the 1920s and 30s he collaborated with Jerome Kern, Guy Bolton, George Gershwin, Cole Porter and others.
SLT Productions
- 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
