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Collection of 12 playbills for musicals and plays for which P.G. Wodehouse wrote song lyrics or script.

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Collection of 12 playbills for musicals and plays for which P.G. Wodehouse wrote song lyrics or script.
Author
Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville), 1881-1975.
Publication
New York, Chicago, London : [various publishers], 1917-1976.

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Additional Authors
  • Bartholomae, Phillip H.
  • Bolton, Guy, 1882-1979
  • Hennequin, Maurice, 1863-1926.
  • Grossmith, George, 1874-1935.
  • Grossmith, George, 1874-1935
  • Kern, Jerome, 1885-1945
  • Novello, Ivor, 1893-1951.
  • Thompson, Fred, 1884-1949
Description
12 vols. : illustrations; approx. 22x14 - 30x23 cm
Summary
  • No. 1. Miss Springtime. New York: New Amsterdam Theatre, 1917. Script by Guy Bolton, lyrics by P.G. Wodehouse and Herbert Reynolds, and music by Emmerich Kalman and an uncredited Jerome Kern. The musical opened on September 25, 1916 at the New Amsterdam Theatre in New York City, and ran for 219 performances. The program was issued for performances beginning February 5, 1917, with George MacFarlane as Jo Varady; Else Adler as Rosika Wenzel; John E. Hazzard as Michael Robin; Charles Meakins as Paul Pilgrim; Nick Burnham as Henry Wenzel; Georgia O’Ramey as Maimie Stone; Jed Prouty as Dustin Stone; and Josie Intropodi as Katski Schmidt. Printed on newsprint; paginated [39]-56, 9-26.
  • No. 2. Kissing Time. London: Winter Garden Theatre, 1919. Subtritle, “A New Musical Play, in Two Acts,” with script by Guy Bolton and P.G. Wodehouse, with music by Ivan Caryll, and with additional lyrics by Clifford Grey. Based on the French play “Madame et son Filleul” (Madame and her Godson) by Maurice Hennequin and Pierre Weber. The musical opened on May 20, 1919 at the Winter Garden Theatre in London and ran for a total of 430 performances. This program is for the performances beginning the week of September 20, 1919, with the original cast listing of Stanley Holloway as Captain Wentworth; Yvonne Arnaud as Georgette St. Pol; Isobel Jeans as Lady Mercia Merivale; Avice Kelham as Zelie; Leslie Henson as Bibi St. Pol; George Barrett as Brichoux; George Grossmith as Max Touquet; Phyllis Dare as Lucienne Touquet; and Tom Walls as Colonel Bollinger. Interior text printed in purple.
  • No. 3. Kissing Time. London: Winter Garden Theatre, 1920. As for no. 2, but this program is for the performances beginning the week of May 13, 1920, with the main characters acted by the same performer as in the 1919 production, with the exception that Lillian Caldicott plays Lady Mercia Merivale. Interior text printed in black.
  • No. 4. The Golden Moth. London: Royal Adelphi Theatre, [ca. 1921]. Subtitled, “A Musical Play of Adventure in Three Acts,” with script by Fred Thompson and P.G. Wodehouse, lyrics by P.G. Wodehouse, and music by Ivor Novello. The play opened on October 5, 1921 at the Adelphi Theatre in London and ran for a total of 281 performances. The program lists the original cast (with the exception of Bernard Carter instead of Mostyn Godfrey in the role of Gallipaux), with W.H. Berry as Dipper Tigg (alias ‘The Marquis’); Robert Michaelis as Pierre Caravan (alias ‘The Blackbird’); Thorpe Bates as Capt. Paul D’Artois; Fred Maguire as Armand Bercy; Marston Garsia as Major Podoritza; Bobbie Comber as Dupont; Nancy Lovat as Aline; Cicely Debenham as Rose; Sylvia Leslie as Zozo; Barbara Roberts as Simone; and Mary Ewin as Madame Dupont.
  • No. 5. The Cabaret Girl. London: Winter Garden Theatre, 1923. Subtitled, “A musical comedy in three acts,” with script and lyrics by George Grossmith and P.G. Wodehouse, and music by Jerome Kern. The musical opened on September 19, 1922 at the Winter Garden Theatre in London and ran for a total of 462 performances. This is the program for the performances of the week of January 8, 1923 and the program lists the original cast (with the exception of Peter Haddon instead of Fred Leslie in the role of the Marquis of Harrogate) with George Grossmith as Mr. Gripps; Dorothy Dickson as Marilynn Morgan (‘Flick’); Norman Griffin as Mr. Gravvins; Miss Fortescue as the Marchioness of Harrogate; Vera Lennox as Effie Dix; Jack Glynn as the Commissionaire; Geoffrey Gwyther as James Paradene; Thomas Weguelin as Harry Zona; Heather Thatcher as Little Ada; Molly Ramsden as Lily de Jigger; Claude Horton as the Mayor of Woollam Chersey; Molly Vere as Laburnum Brown; and Ernest Graham as the Vicar of Woollam Chersey.
  • No. 6: Oh, Kay! London: His Majesty’s Theatre, 1927. A musical comedy in two acts, with script by Guy Bolton and P.G. Wodehouse, lyrics by Ira Gershwin, and music by George Gershwin. The play opened at His Majesty’s Theatre in London on September 21, 1927 and ran for a total of 213 performances. This program lists the original cast (with the exception of Reita Nugent instead of Cecile Maule-Cole as Peggy) with Gertrude Lawrence as Kay; John Kirby as “Shorty” McGee; Harold French as Jimmy Winter; Rita McLean as Molly; Beth Dodge as Dolly Paxton; Betty Dodge as Phillippa Ruxton; Claude Hulbert as The Duke of Datchet; April Harmon as Constance Appleton; Eric Coxon as Larry Potter; Percy Parsons as Revenue Officer Jansen; and Charles Cautley as Judge Appleton.
  • No. 7. The Three Musketeers. New York: Lyric Theatre, 1928. A romantic musical, with script by William Anthony McGuire (based on the novel by Alexandre Dumas), lyrics by Clifford Grey and P.G. Wodehouse, and music by Rudolf Friml; producer Florenz Ziegfeld. The musical opened at the Lyric Theatre in New York City on March 13, 1928 and ran for 318 performances. This program was issued for the performances beginning the week of June 4, 1928, with Dennis King as D’Artagnan; Joseph Macauley as Aramis; Detmar Poppen as Porthos; Douglass R. Dumbrille as Athos; Vivienne Osborne as Lady De Winter; Vivienne Segal as Constance Bonacieux; John Clarke as The Duke of Buckingham; Yvonne D’Arle as Anne, Queen of France; Reginald Owen as Cardinal Richelieu; and Clarence Derwent as Louis XIII. A full color painted portrait of Ziegfeld’s face is reproduced in a Lucky Strike advertisement on the back wrapper; full color painted portrait of show’s star, Dennis King, by artist and portrait photographer Hal Phyle on front wrapper.
  • No. 8: Leave It to Psmith. London: Shaftesbury Theatre, 1930. Subtitled, “A Comedy of Youth, Love and Misadventure,” with script by Ian Hay (producer) and P.G. Wodehouse. The play opened at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London on September 17, 1930 and ran for 156 performances. The program gives the original cast (excepting that Heather Angel instead of Nonnie Taylor plays Phyllis Jackson), with Basil Foster as Ronald Eustace Psmith; Clive Currie as The Earl of Middlewick; Roger Maxwell as Bellows; Reginald Gardner as Freddie Bosham; Edward Chapman as Rupert Baxter; Eileen Munro as Lady Middlewick; Thea Holme as Cynthia McTodd; Jane Baxter as Eve Halliday; Aubrey Mather as Eddie Cootes; Joan Hickson as Gladys Rumbelow; John Charlton as Christopher Walderwick; Jack Lambert as Ralston McTodd; Blanche Adele as Agatha Crofton; Kathleen James as Ethelberta Fitzwiggin; Olive Blakeney as Aileen Peavey; and Arthur Vezin as Viscount Chipstead.
  • No. 9: The Inside Stand. London: Saville Theatre, 1935. Subtitled, “A New Farce,” with script by P.G. Wodehouse (based on his 1932 novel Hot Water). The play opened at the Strand Theatre in London on November 21, 1935 and ran for 50 performances. The program was issued for the performance of the week of December 23, 1935; with original cast, featuring Ralph Lynn as Freddie Widgeon; Ernest Graham as Gustave; Ben Welden as Sammy Simms; Olive Blakeney as Duchess de la Vospierre; Clare Harris as Miss Mossop; Bennett O’Loghlen as Parker; Cameron Hall as Mr. Gedge; James Carew as Senator Fitch; Kathleen Kelly as Josephine Fitch; and Aletha Orr as Mrs. Gedge.
  • No. 10. The Play’s the Thing. New York: Playbill, 1948. A play in three acts by Ferenc Molnar, adapted from the Hungarian by P.G. Wodehouse. Program for the revival staged at the Booth Theatre in New York, which opened on April 28, 1948, and ran for 244 performances. The program was issued for the week beginning November 15, 1948; cast includes Louis Calhern as Sandor Turai; Faye Emerson as Ilona Szabo; Athur Margetson as Almady; Ernest Crossart as Mansky; Claud Allister as Mell; and Robert Clarke as Albert Adam; with large advertisement photographs of Hedy Lamarr and Tyrone Power.
  • No. 11. Leave It to Jane. New York: Playgram, 1960. A musical play in two acts, with script by Guy Bolton and P.G. Wodehouse (based on the play The College Widow, by George Ade), lyrics by P.G. Wodehouse, and music by Jerome Kern. This is the program for the revival that opened on May 25, 1959, at the Sheridan Square Playhouse in New York, and ran for two years. The program was issued for May 1960; cast includes Laurie Franks as Jane Witherspoon; Dorothy Greener as Flora Wiggins; Angelo Mango as “Stub” Talmadge; Joy Claussen as Bessie Tanner; Art Matthews as Billy Bolton; Jon Richards as Peter Witherspoon; Bert Pollock as Howard Talbot; Vince O’Brien as Hiram Bolton; George Segal as Ollie; Bernie Meyer as “Silent” Murphy; Ray Tudor as Harold “Bub” Hicks; Monroe Arnold as Matty McGowan; and Alek Primrose as Hon. Elan Hicks.
  • No. 12. Very Good Eddie. Chicago: Stagebill, 1976. A musical comedy in two acts, with the script by Guy Bolton (“Based on a farce by Philip Bartholomae”), lyrics by Schuyler Greene, with additional lyrics, uncredited, by P.G. Wodehouse, Anne Caldwell, Elsie Janis, Frank Craven, Harry Graham, Harry B. Smith, Herbert Reynolds, and John E. Hazzard; music by Jerome Kern. This is the program for the Goodspeed Opera House touring production of the play’s revival, at Chicago’s Studebaker Theatre in October 1976. The cast includes J.J. Jepson as Eddie Kettle; Virginia Seidel as Elsie Darling; John Sloman as Percy Darling; Sharon Werner as Elsie Lilly; Russ Beasley as Dick Rivers; Spring Fairbank as Georgina Kettle; James J. Mellon as Rollo Munn; Travis Hudson as Mme. Matroppo; J. Keith Ryan as Tayleurs Dumme; Ed Dixon as M. de Rougemont; Kim Carter as Crystal Poole; Les Johnson as Dayr Thurst; Benny Baker as Al Cleveland; Lisa Paden as Miss Always Innit; Don Detrick as Dustin Sacks; Beverly Hartz as Carrie Closewell; and the trans-gender Andy Warhol star Candy Darling as Lily Pond.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Playbills – Chicago.
  • Playbills – London.
  • Playbills – New York.
Access (note)
  • Restricted access;
Call Number
Berg Coll+ Wodehouse ZC6 P53 1917
OCLC
910972476
Author
Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville), 1881-1975.
Title
Collection of 12 playbills for musicals and plays for which P.G. Wodehouse wrote song lyrics or script.
Imprint
New York, Chicago, London : [various publishers], 1917-1976.
Access
Restricted access; request permission in holding division.
Local Note
Berg Collection copy for Miss Springtime lacking covers.
Berg Collection copy of Kissing Time (1919) with small price sticker at the edge of the front and rear wrappers.
Berg Collection copy of Kissing Time (1920) with small price sticker at the edge of the front and rear wrappers.
Berg Collection copy of The Golden Moth with small price sticker at the edge of the front and rear wrappers.
Berg Collection copy of The Cabaret Girl with small price sticker at the edge of the front and rear wrappers.
Berg Collection copy of Oh, Kay! with price sticker on the front panel and holograph performance dates on the front panel (in pencil) and on the rear panel (in blue pen).
Berg Collection copy of Leave It to Psmith is stamped “27 DEC 1930 / VOUCHER COPY” on front wrapper.
Berg Collection copy of The Inside Stand with small price sticker on the edge of the front and rear wrapper.
Berg Collection copy of The Play’s the Thing with penned inscription to “Stella,” dated Nov. 15, 1948, along bottom of front wrapper
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Added Author
Bartholomae, Phillip H. Author
Bolton, Guy, 1882-1979, librettist.
Bolton, Guy, 1882-1979, lyricist.
Hennequin, Maurice, 1863-1926.
Grossmith, George, 1874-1935. Author
Grossmith, George, 1874-1935 Lyricist
Kern, Jerome, 1885-1945, composer.
Novello, Ivor, 1893-1951. Composer
Thompson, Fred, 1884-1949, librettist.
Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville), 1881-1975, author.
Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville), 1881-1975, lyricist.
Research Call Number
Berg Coll+ Wodehouse ZC6 P53 1917
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