"person), and ""Ring for Jeeves"" (which features Jeeves but not Bertie Wooster and is written in the third person). The short stories are set primarily in London, where Bertie Wooster has a flat and is a member of the raucous Drones Club, or in New York City, though some short stories are set around various stately homes in the English countryside. The novels all take place at or near an English country house, most commonly Brinkley Court (in four novels) and Totleigh Towers (in two novels). The setting is primariy an idealised version of England during the interwar period, though"
"P. G. Wodehouse based the character of Bertie Wooster on him. John Wodehouse, 3rd Earl of Kimberley John Wodehouse, 3rd Earl of Kimberley, CBE, MC (11 November 1883 – 16 April 1941), styled Lord Wodehouse from 1902 to 1932, was a British peer and Liberal politician. He was a champion polo player. Wodehouse was the eldest son of John Wodehouse, 2nd Earl of Kimberley. He attended Eton College and Trinity Hall, Cambridge. At Cambridge, he was a committee member of the University Pitt Club. He started playing polo at university, where he was a member of the Light Blue team."
"fictitious. Several P.G. Wodehouse novels use the setting of Piccadilly as the playground of the rich, idle bachelor in the inter-war period of the 20th century. Notable instances are present in the characters of Bertie Wooster and his Drones Club companions in the Jeeves stories, and the character of James Crocker in the story ""Piccadilly Jim"". Dorothy Sayers' fictional detective Lord Peter Wimsey is described as living at 110A Piccadilly in the inter-war period. The street is a square on the British Monopoly board, forming a set with Leicester Square and Coventry Street. When a European Union version of the"
"conceived the idea of turning P. G. Wodehouse's Jeeves stories into a musical. Originally, he was to work with his then-partner, Andrew Lloyd Webber, but Rice backed out of the project. Eventually Lloyd Webber teamed up with famed British playwright Alan Ayckbourn, and the two of them began work with the personal blessing of Wodehouse. Ayckbourn utilized characters and plot lines from several Jeeves and Wooster stories, notably ""The Code of the Woosters"". The action takes place at the East London Club for Unmanageable Boys, where Bertie Wooster is playing a banjo concert; his banjo keeps breaking down, so he"
"Drones Club The Drones Club is a recurring fictional location in the stories of British comic writer P. G. Wodehouse. It is a gentlemen's club in London. Many of Wodehouse's Jeeves and Blandings Castle stories feature the club or its members. Various members of the club appear in stories included in the ""Drones Club series"", which contains stories not already included in other series. Most of the Drones Club stories star either Freddie Widgeon or Bingo Little. The name ""Drones"" has been used by several real-life clubs and restaurants. The Drones Club is in Mayfair, London, located in Dover Street,"
"and 1921. In ""The Last Post"", part of his tetralogy ""Parade's End"", Sylvia stays with Lord and Lady Fittleworth. George ‘Boko’ Fittleworth – Bertie Wooster's friend – was a fictional character of P.G. Wodehouse. Pelham Grenville Wodehouse was born near Guildford; knowledge of this area may be a clue to his inventiveness. Author Hugo Donnelly spent a year in Fittleworth in the 1960s as a young waiter at The Swan and his writings are included in the anthology ""Sussex Seams"". References to a resting Explorer – perhaps Carse – and revisting the sites of Elgar's newfound creative inspiration in Fittleworth"
"Bertie Wooster Bertram ""Bertie"" Wilberforce Wooster is a recurring fictional character in the comedic Jeeves stories created by British author P. G. Wodehouse. A young English gentleman and one of the ""idle rich"", Bertie frequently appears alongside his valet, Jeeves, whose intelligence manages to save Bertie or one of his friends from numerous awkward situations. As the first-person narrator of ten novels and over 30 short stories, Bertie Wooster ranks as one of the most vivid comic creations in popular literature. Bertie Wooster is the central figure in all but one of Wodehouse's Jeeves short stories and novels, which were"
"Bingo Little Richard P. ""Bingo"" Little is a recurring fictional character in the Jeeves and Drones Club stories of English comic writer P. G. Wodehouse, being a friend of Jeeves's master Bertie Wooster and a member of the Drones Club. In his early appearances, Bingo, who has an impulsive and romantic nature, falls in love with numerous women in quick succession. Eventually, he marries Rosie M. Banks, and their married life is generally a happy one, though his proclivity for gambling sometimes gets him into trouble. Richard P. ""Bingo"" Little is a longtime friend of Bertie Wooster. They were born"
"World of Wodehouse Clergy"". This story was not adapted for an episode by the ""Jeeves and Wooster"" television series. This story, along with the rest of ""The Inimitable Jeeves"", was adapted into a radio drama in 1973 as part of the series ""What Ho! Jeeves"" starring Michael Hordern as Jeeves and Richard Briers as Bertie Wooster. The Metropolitan Touch ""The Metropolitan Touch"" is a short story by P. G. Wodehouse, and features the young gentleman Bertie Wooster and his valet Jeeves. The story was published in ""The Strand Magazine"" in London in September 1922, and then in ""Cosmopolitan"" in New"
"and Richard Briers as Bertie Wooster. Comrade Bingo ""Comrade Bingo"" is a short story by P. G. Wodehouse, and features the young gentleman Bertie Wooster and his valet Jeeves. The story was published in ""The Strand Magazine"" in London in May 1922, and then in ""Cosmopolitan"" in New York that same month. The story was also included in the 1923 collection ""The Inimitable Jeeves"" as two separate chapters, ""Comrade Bingo"" and ""Bingo Has a Bad Goodwood"". In the story, Bertie's friend Bingo Little falls in love with a revolutionary, Charlotte Rowbotham, and joins her communist group to win her affection."
"Audiobooks of many of the Jeeves stories and novels in which Bertie Wooster is the narrator have been recorded by British actors, including Simon Callow, Jonathan Cecil, Martin Jarvis, Frederick Davidson, and Dinsdale Landen. Bertie Wooster Bertram ""Bertie"" Wilberforce Wooster is a recurring fictional character in the comedic Jeeves stories created by British author P. G. Wodehouse. A young English gentleman and one of the ""idle rich"", Bertie frequently appears alongside his valet, Jeeves, whose intelligence manages to save Bertie or one of his friends from numerous awkward situations. As the first-person narrator of ten novels and over 30 short"
"Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright Claude Cattermole ""Catsmeat"" Potter-Pirbright is a recurring fictional character in the Jeeves and Drones Club stories of English comic writer P. G. Wodehouse, being a longtime school friend of Jeeves's master Bertie Wooster and a member of the Drones Club. An actor known as ""Claude Cattermole"" on stage, he is known to his friends by the nickname ""Catsmeat"". The character was inspired by the real life actor and county cricketer, Basil Foster, who played against Wodehouse in the ""Actors against Authors"" game at Lord's in 1907. The son of a theatrical music writer and a New York actress"
"Twistleton and Horace Pendlebury-Davenport). Comparatively, only a few Drones have been depicted: Some real ""Drones"" clubs or restaurants exist or have existed, including: Drones Club The Drones Club is a recurring fictional location in the stories of British comic writer P. G. Wodehouse. It is a gentlemen's club in London. Many of Wodehouse's Jeeves and Blandings Castle stories feature the club or its members. Various members of the club appear in stories included in the ""Drones Club series"", which contains stories not already included in other series. Most of the Drones Club stories star either Freddie Widgeon or Bingo Little."
"of ""Tarka the Otter"", but was asked to leave. The club features in Arthur Conan Doyle's classic novel, ""The Lost World"". The club moved from its original home at the Crown Tavern, the next year to the Nell Gwynne Tavern. In 1863 it moved to Gordon's Hotel in Covent Garden, then to 6–7 Adelphi Terrace, later to 9 Fitzmaurice Place, Berkeley Square, London W1, and, from 1936 to the end of 1963, Carlton House Terrace in St James's (previously the home of the Conservative statesman Lord Curzon). The club is currently based in the National Liberal Club, at 1 Whitehall"
"Venice"" is alluded to in chapter 8, when Bertie asks Jeeves why the judge let Gussie off with a fine: ""Possibly the reflection that the quality of mercy is not strained, sir.""""You mean it droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven?""""Precisely, sir. Upon the place beneath. His worship would no doubt have taken into consideration the fact that it blesseth him that gives and him that takes and becomes the throned monarch better than his crown.""I mused. Yes, there was something in that. Like Bertie Wooster, Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright is a member of the Drones Club, which Wodehouse uses as an"
"was featured in 8 episodes (out of 23) of the 1990–1993 British TV series ""Jeeves and Wooster"" (in seasons 1–2 and 4, aired 1990–1991 and 1993 in the UK), played by Richard Dixon. Oofy Prosser Alexander Charles ""Oofy"" Prosser is a recurring fictional character from the stories of British comic writer P. G. Wodehouse, being the millionaire member of the Drones Club. He is also a friend of Jeeves's master Bertie Wooster. The most wealthy and envied member of the Club, he has the nickname ""Oofy"", which is British slang for ""wealthy"" or ""made of money"". Because Oofy is both"
"and household pets, and do not feature any of Wodehouse's regular characters; one, however, ""Extricating Young Gussie"", is notable for the first appearance in print of two of Wodehouse's best-known characters, Jeeves and his master Bertie Wooster (although Bertie's surname is not given and Jeeves's role is very small), and Bertie's fearsome Aunt Agatha. In the US version of the book, ""Wilton's Holiday"", ""Crowned Heads"", and the two-part ""The Mixer"" were omitted, and replaced with three Reggie Pepper stories that had appeared in the UK collection ""My Man Jeeves"" (1919). These stories were ""Absent Treatment"", ""Rallying Round Old George"" (later"
"published between 1915 and 1974. The sole exception is the novel ""Ring for Jeeves"" (1953), a third-person narration in which he is mentioned but does not appear. All the other Jeeves novels and short stories are narrated by Bertie, with the exception of the short story ""Bertie Changes His Mind"" (1922), which is narrated by Jeeves. The Wodehouse scholar Norman Murphy believes George Grossmith, Jr. to have been the inspiration for the character of Bertie Wooster. The Wodehouse character Reggie Pepper was an early prototype of Bertie Wooster. Bertie Wooster and his friend Bingo Little were born in the same"
"familiar to the public over the years. They include the jolly gentleman of leisure Bertie Wooster and his sagacious valet Jeeves; the immaculate and loquacious Psmith; Lord Emsworth and the Blandings Castle set; the Oldest Member, with stories about golf; and Mr Mulliner, with tall tales on subjects ranging from bibulous bishops to megalomaniac movie moguls. Most of Wodehouse's fiction is set in England, although he spent much of his life in the US and used New York and Hollywood as settings for some of his novels and short stories. He wrote a series of Broadway musical comedies during and"
"the club using magnesite: they wanted to be able to turn the sound system up as loud as possible without disturbing the neighbours, and tested it to a volume of 156 decibels without the sound leaking outside. In addition to drawing inspiration from the Paradise Garage, the club borrowed the idea of using changing set designs from another New York City club, Area, with the first being based around ""Blade Runner"", Berkmann's favourite film. Berkmann was introduced to James Palumbo, who was working in property finance at the time, by Humphrey Waterhouse to realise the concept. The site, a disused"
"Bertie and Jeeves, Lord Emsworth and his circle, and Ukridge appeared in novels and short stories; Psmith made his fourth and last appearance; two new characters were the Oldest Member, narrating his series of golfing stories, and Mr Mulliner, telling his particularly tall tales to fellow patrons of the bar at the Angler's Rest. Various other young men-about-town appeared in short stories about members of the Drones Club. The Wodehouses returned to England, where they had a house in London for some years, but Wodehouse continued to cross the Atlantic frequently, spending substantial periods in New York. He continued to"
"heavy use of Victorian Leeds Burmantofts Pottery tilework manufactured by Wilcox and Co. The clubhouse is built around load-bearing steelwork concealed throughout the structure, including steel columns inside the tiled pillars found throughout the club. (It was this resilient structure which enabled the building to survive a direct hit in the Blitz.) Waterhouse's work extended to designing the club's furnishings, down to the Dining Room chairs. It was the first London building to incorporate a lift, and the first to be entirely lit throughout by electric lighting. To provide its electricity, the Whitehall Supply Co. Ltd. was incorporated in 1887,"
"as speaking ""with vigor at the debating club at the Cheshire Cheese in support of unions and the rights of man..."" Wodehouse, though so many of his characters were members of posh London clubs, often preferred the homey intimacy of the pub. In a letter to a friend he wrote, ""Yesterday, I looked in at the Garrick at lunchtime, took one glance of loathing at the mob, and went off to lunch by myself at the Cheshire Cheese."" The pub is mentioned by name in some of his books as well. The Rhymers' Club was a group of London-based poets,"
"but run by his rich uncle Sir Thomas Blunt. One of the oldest and grandest houses in England, Dreever is famed for an old ghost story, handed down from generation to generation. There is a picturesque rose-garden, and a lake with an island, ideal for young lovers. In ""The Gem Collector"", an earlier version of the story, the house is called ""Corven Abbey"", and owned by former New York policeman McEachern. The Drones Club is a fictional gentlemen's club for feckless youth, located in Dover Street, London. Easeby Hall is the fictional Shropshire seat of Bertie Wooster's Uncle Willoughby in"
"Comrade Bingo ""Comrade Bingo"" is a short story by P. G. Wodehouse, and features the young gentleman Bertie Wooster and his valet Jeeves. The story was published in ""The Strand Magazine"" in London in May 1922, and then in ""Cosmopolitan"" in New York that same month. The story was also included in the 1923 collection ""The Inimitable Jeeves"" as two separate chapters, ""Comrade Bingo"" and ""Bingo Has a Bad Goodwood"". In the story, Bertie's friend Bingo Little falls in love with a revolutionary, Charlotte Rowbotham, and joins her communist group to win her affection. Various groups make speeches in Hyde"
"The World of Wooster The World of Wooster is a comedy television series, based on the Jeeves comedy stories by English humorist P. G. Wodehouse. The series aired on BBC Television from 1965 until 1967 in three series. Most episodes are lost. The series was produced by Michael Mills. The episodes were adapted from the stories of P. G. Wodehouse by Richard Waring. Twenty episodes, each about 30 minutes long, were made for the series. Minimal, economical sets were used, and Bertie's apartment had a contemporary design, including a central staircase and intricate screen door. In some ways, the interpretations"
"The Code of the Woosters The Code of the Woosters is a novel by P. G. Wodehouse, first published on 7 October 1938, in the United Kingdom by Herbert Jenkins, London, and in the United States by Doubleday, Doran, New York. It was serialised in ""The Saturday Evening Post"" (US) from 16 July to 3 September 1938 and in the London ""Daily Mail"" from 14 September to 6 October 1938. ""The Code of the Woosters"" is the third full-length novel to feature two of Wodehouse's best-known creations, Bertie Wooster and his valet Jeeves. It introduces Sir Watkyn Bassett, the owner"
"the Buck's Club and the Bachelors' Club, even naming his club's barman ""McGarry"" too. Norman Murphy the distinguished Wodehouse historian: ""As the summary at the beginning of Eggs, Beans and Crumpets puts it: ""In the heart of London's clubland there stands a tall and grimly forbidding edifice known to taxi-drivers and the elegant young men who frequent its precincts as the Drones Club. Yet its somewhat austere exterior belies the atmosphere of cheerful optimism and bonhomie that prevails within."" In fact, Wodehouse never became a member here but his friend Guy Bolton did and they lunched together here several times."
"the writing and perusal of the club book, which has been in existence for more than eighty years and has reached its twelfth volume. According to Rule Eleven of the club's constitution, every member must record information about their employers in the club book. Information in the club book about Roderick Spode proves crucial in ""The Code of the Woosters"". The club book was said to have eleven pages on Bertie Wooster. The total eventually ballooned to eighteen pages, before Jeeves agrees to destroy the pages on Bertie in ""Much Obliged, Jeeves"". A monthly luncheon is held at the Junior"
"Wake as Laura Pyke. This story was not adapted into any ""Jeeves and Wooster"" episode. Jeeves and the Old School Chum ""Jeeves and the Old School Chum"" is a short story by P. G. Wodehouse, and features the young gentleman Bertie Wooster and his valet Jeeves. The story was published in ""The Strand Magazine"" in the United Kingdom in February 1930, and in ""Cosmopolitan"" in the United States that same month. The story was also included as the ninth story in the 1930 collection ""Very Good, Jeeves"". Bertie's friend Bingo Little appears in the story. He needs help from Bertie"
"and story-writing career Wodehouse created several regular comic characters with whom the public became familiar. These include Bertie Wooster and his valet Jeeves; the immaculate and loquacious Psmith; Lord Emsworth and the Blandings Castle set; the disaster-prone opportunist Ukridge; the Oldest Member, with stories about golf; and Mr Mulliner, with tales on numerous subjects from film studios to the Church of England. Wodehouse also wrote scripts and screenplays and, in August 1911, his script ""A Gentleman of Leisure"" was produced on the Broadway stage. In the 1920s and 1930s he collaborated with Jerome Kern and Guy Bolton in an arrangement"
"Oofy Prosser Alexander Charles ""Oofy"" Prosser is a recurring fictional character from the stories of British comic writer P. G. Wodehouse, being the millionaire member of the Drones Club. He is also a friend of Jeeves's master Bertie Wooster. The most wealthy and envied member of the Club, he has the nickname ""Oofy"", which is British slang for ""wealthy"" or ""made of money"". Because Oofy is both constantly being asked for £5 or £10 and a miser for loans, """"a man in whose wallet moths nest and raise large families"""", he is considered ugly on both the inside and the"
"in the 1932 collection ""Nothing But Wodehouse"" and in the 1958 collection ""Selected Stories by P. G. Wodehouse"". It was also featured in the 1985 collection ""A Wodehouse Bestiary"", a collection of animal-related short stories by Wodehouse. The story was adapted for an episode of ""The World of Wooster"". The episode, titled ""Jeeves and the Old School Chum"", was the third episode of the third series. It was originally broadcast in the UK on 20 October 1967. It featured Ian Carmichael as Bertie Wooster, Dennis Price as Jeeves, Derek Nimmo as Bingo Little, Deborah Stanford as Mrs. Little, and Joanna"