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Summer 2007 Large, Amiable Englishman Who Amused the World by DAVID MCDONOUGH
The quarterly journal of The Wodehouse Society Volume 28 Number 2 Summer 2007 Large, Amiable Englishman Who Amused the World BY DAVID MCDONOUGH ecently I read that doing crossword puzzles helps to was “sires,” and the answer was “begets.” In Right Ho, R ward off dementia. It’s probably too late for me (I Jeeves (aka Brinkley Manor, 1934), Gussie Fink-Nottle started writing this on my calculator), but I’ve been giving interrogates G. G. Simmons, the prizewinner for Scripture it a shot. Armed with several good erasers, a thesaurus, knowledge at the Market Snodsbury Grammar School and my wife no more than a phone call away, I’ve been presentations. Gussie, fortified by a liberal dose of liquor- doing okay. laced orange juice, is suspicious of Master Simmons’s bona I’ve discovered that some of Wodehouse’s observations fides. on the genre are still in vogue. Although the Egyptian sun god (Ra) rarely rears its sunny head, the flightless “. and how are we to know that this has Australian bird (emu) is still a staple of the old downs and all been open and above board? Let me test you, acrosses. In fact, if you know a few internet terms and G. G. Simmons. Who was What’s-His-Name—the the names of one hockey player (Orr) and one baseball chap who begat Thingummy? Can you answer me player (Ott), you are in pretty good shape to get started. that, Simmons?” I still haven’t come across George Mulliner’s favorite clue, “Sir, no, sir.” though: “a hyphenated word of nine letters, ending in k Gussie turned to the bearded bloke. -
Index to Plum Lines 1980–2020
INDEX TO PLUM LINES 1980–2020 Guide to the Index: While there are all sorts of rules and guidelines on the subject of indexing, virtually none can be applied to the formidable task of indexing Plum Lines (and its predecessor, Comments in Passing), the quarterly journal of The Wodehouse Society, which was founded in 1980. Too many variables confront the task’s indexer—not to mention a few too many errors in how issues were numbered over the years (see Index to the Index, below). Consequently, a new sort of index has been created in such a way (we hope) as to make it as easy as possible to use. Following are some guidelines. 1. Finding what you want: Whatever you are looking for, it should be possible to find it using our handy-dandy system of cross-referencing: • SUBJECTS are in BOLD CAPS followed by a list of the relevant articles. (See the list of Subject Headings, below.) • Authors and Contributors (note that some articles have both an author and a contributor) are listed in uppercase-lowercase bold, last name first, with a list of articles following the name. • Regular columns are simply listed in bold under their own titles rather than under a subject heading. 2. Locating the listed article: Any article listed in the index is followed by a series of numbers indicating its volume number, issue number, and page number. For example, one can find articles on Across the pale parabola: 14.2.17; 15.4.13 in Volume 14, Number 2, Page 17 and Volume 15, Number 4, Page 13. -
Radio 4 Listings for 2 – 8 May 2020 Page 1 of 14
Radio 4 Listings for 2 – 8 May 2020 Page 1 of 14 SATURDAY 02 MAY 2020 Professor Martin Ashley, Consultant in Restorative Dentistry at panel of culinary experts from their kitchens at home - Tim the University Dental Hospital of Manchester, is on hand to Anderson, Andi Oliver, Jeremy Pang and Dr Zoe Laughlin SAT 00:00 Midnight News (m000hq2x) separate the science fact from the science fiction. answer questions sent in via email and social media. The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. Presenter: Greg Foot This week, the panellists discuss the perfect fry-up, including Producer: Beth Eastwood whether or not the tomato has a place on the plate, and SAT 00:30 Intrigue (m0009t2b) recommend uses for tinned tuna (that aren't a pasta bake). Tunnel 29 SAT 06:00 News and Papers (m000htmx) Producer: Hannah Newton 10: The Shoes The latest news headlines. Including the weather and a look at Assistant Producer: Rosie Merotra the papers. “I started dancing with Eveline.” A final twist in the final A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4 chapter. SAT 06:07 Open Country (m000hpdg) Thirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Helena Merriman Closed Country: A Spring Audio-Diary with Brett Westwood SAT 11:00 The Week in Westminster (m000j0kg) tells the extraordinary true story of a man who dug a tunnel into Radio 4's assessment of developments at Westminster the East, right under the feet of border guards, to help friends, It seems hard to believe, when so many of us are coping with family and strangers escape. -
Full Cast Announced for Follies
7 December 2018 FULL CAST ANNOUNCED FOR FOLLIES ★★★★★ The Arts Desk, Broadway World, City A.M., Culture Whisper, Daily Express, Daily Telegraph, Financial Times, The Guardian, Independent, Metro, Musical Theatre Review, The Observer, Radio Times, The Stage, The Sunday Times, Time Out, The Upcoming WINNER: 2018 Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival and Best Costume Design FOLLIES Book by James Goldman Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim Directed by Dominic Cooke Olivier Theatre Previews from 12 February, booking until 6 April 2019 After a sold-out run, Follies returns to the NT in 2019. Stephen Sondheim’s legendary musical includes such classic songs as ‘Broadway Baby’, ‘I’m Still Here’ and ‘Losing My Mind’. Featuring a cast of 40 and an orchestra of 21, Follies is directed by Dominic Cooke. Tracie Bennett, Janie Dee and Peter Forbes return to reprise their roles, with Alexander Hanson and Joanna Riding joining the cast as Ben and Sally. The Follies 2019 cast includes Julie Armstrong (Christine Donovan), Lindsay Atherton (Young Carlotta), Josephine Barstow (Heidi Schiller from mid-April until the end of the run), Rosanna Bates (Young Emily), Jeremy Batt (Young Theodore), Tracie Bennett (Carlotta Campion), Billy Boyle (Theodore Whitman), Kaye Brown (Ensemble), Janie Dee (Phyllis Rogers Stone), Anouska Eaton (Young Deedee), Liz Ewing (Ensemble), Vanessa Fisher (Young Stella), Caroline Fitzgerald (Sandra Crane), Geraldine Fitzgerald (Solange LaFitte), Peter Forbes (Buddy Plummer), Bruce Graham (Roscoe), Adrian Grove (Sam Deems), Alexander -
BFI Press Release: Missing Believed Wiped Bumper Christmas Stocking
For Immediate Release: Tuesday 7 November 2017, London. The BFI’s Missing Believed Wiped returns to BFI Southbank this December to present British television rediscoveries, not seen by audiences for decades, since their original transmission dates. The exciting, bespoke line-up of TV gems feature some of our most-loved television celebrities and iconic characters including Alf Garnett in Till Death Us Do Part: Sex Before Marriage, Cilla Black in her eponymous BBC show featuring Dudley Moore , Jimmy Edwards in Whack-O!, a rare interview with Peter Davison about playing Doctor Who and a significant screen debut from a young Pete Postlethwaite. Lost for 50 years and thought only to survive in part, Till Death Us Do: Sex Before Marriage, originally broadcast on 2 January, 1967 on BBC1, sees Warren Mitchell’s Alf Garnett rail against the permissive society, featuring guest star John Junkin alongside regular cast members Dandy Nichols, Anthony Booth and Una Stubbs. Although the existence of this missing episode from the 2nd series has been known for some years, previous attempts to screen the episode had been refused with the print in the hands of a private collector. Having recently changed hands, MBW is delighted that access has been granted for this special one off screening, for one of 1960s best known and controversial UK television characters. Following last year’s successful screening of a previously lost episode of Jimmy Edwards’s popular 1950s BBC school-themed comedy romp Whack-O!, this year’s MBW programme includes a 1959 episode entitled The Empty Cash Box. Written by Frank Muir and Dennis Norden and starring Jimmy Edwards as the cane-happy headmaster, this episode was originally broadcast on the BBC on 1st December 1959. -
National-Theatre-Rep-Brochure-May-Oct-2019.Pdf
May – Oct 19 How to book The plays Online Select your own seat online nationaltheatre.org.uk By phone 020 7452 3000 Mon – Sat: 9.30am – 8pm In person South Bank, London, SE1 9PX Mon – Sat: 9.30am – 11pm Other ways Friday Rush to get tickets £20 tickets are released online every Friday at 1pm for the following week’s performances. Hansard ‘Master Harold’… The Secret River Playing from 22 Aug and the boys 22 Aug – 7 Sep Day Tickets Playing from 21 Sep £18/£15 tickets available in person on the day of the performance. No booking fee online or in person. A £3 fee per Access symbols used in this brochure transaction for phone bookings. If you choose to have your CAP Captioned Relaxed Performance tickets sent by post, a £1.50 fee applies per transaction. TT Touch Tour Postage costs may vary for group and overseas bookings. AD Audio-Described The National Theatre The National Theatre in partnership with in partnership with Mr Gum and Jellyfish Translations the Dancing Bear – 5 – 16 July Playing from 15 Oct the Musical! 25 July – 31 Aug Partner for Innovation Partner for Learning Founding corporate Outdoor Media Partner supporter for Public Acts Official Airline Partner Official Hotel Partner Official Transport Provider International Hotel Partner Small Island Rutherford and Son Peter Gynt Your carrier to the USA and beyond Playing until 10 Aug 16 May – 3 Aug 27 June – 8 Oct Supporter for new writing Official Sound Partner of Cloud Services Partner Pouring Partner the Olivier Theatre Sponsor of NT Live in the UK Follies Top Girls River Stage Playing until 11 May Playing until 20 July 5 July – 3 Aug 2 3 A UGUST Thu 22 7.30 Fri 23 7.30 Sat 24 7.30 Hansard Mon 26 7.30 Tue 27 7.30 a new play by Simon Woods Wed 28 7.30 Thu 29 7.30 Fri 30 7.30 Sat 31 7.30 SEPTEMBER Mon 2 7.30 Tue 3 7.00 Wed 4 7.30 Wed 11 7.30 Thu 12 7.30 Cast includes Hansard; noun Fri 13 7.30 Lindsay Duncan The official report of all parliamentary debates. -
June 17 – Jan 18 How to Book the Plays
June 17 – Jan 18 How to book The plays Online Select your own seat online nationaltheatre.org.uk By phone 020 7452 3000 Mon – Sat: 9.30am – 8pm In person South Bank, London, SE1 9PX Mon – Sat: 9.30am – 11pm Other ways Friday Rush to get tickets £20 tickets are released online every Friday at 1pm Saint George and Network Pinocchio for the following week’s performances. the Dragon 4 Nov – 24 Mar 1 Dec – 7 Apr Day Tickets 4 Oct – 2 Dec £18 / £15 tickets available in person on the day of the performance. No booking fee online or in person. A £2.50 fee per transaction for phone bookings. If you choose to have your tickets sent by post, a £1 fee applies per transaction. Postage costs may vary for group and overseas bookings. Access symbols used in this brochure CAP Captioned AD Audio-Described TT Touch Tour Relaxed Performance Beginning Follies Jane Eyre 5 Oct – 14 Nov 22 Aug – 3 Jan 26 Sep – 21 Oct TRAVELEX £15 TICKETS The National Theatre Partner for Innovation Partner for Learning Sponsored by in partnership with Partner for Connectivity Outdoor Media Partner Official Airline Official Hotel Partner Oslo Common The Majority 5 – 23 Sep 30 May – 5 Aug 11 – 28 Aug Workshops Partner The National Theatre’s Supporter for new writing Pouring Partner International Hotel Partner Image Partner for Lighting and Energy Sponsor of NT Live in the UK TBC Angels in America Mosquitoes Amadeus Playing until 19 Aug 18 July – 28 Sep Playing from 11 Jan 2 3 OCTOBER Wed 4 7.30 Thu 5 7.30 Fri 6 7.30 A folk tale for an Sat 7 7.30 Saint George and Mon 9 7.30 uneasy nation. -
National Theatre Live Screening of Follies
A production from book by James Goldman music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim Running time: 2 hours 40 minutes. There is no interval. Please note that the performance of UK Sponsor Follies includes strobe lighting Cast, in order of speaking Dimitri Weismann Solange LaFitte Young Solange Gary Raymond Geraldine Fitzgerald Sarah-Marie Maxwell Kevin Young Phyllis Young Sandra Jordan Shaw Zizi Strallen Kate Parr Sally Durant Young Sally Young Deedee Plummer Alex Young Christine Tucker Imelda Staunton Young Ben Young Stella Phyllis Rogers Adam Rhys-Charles Leisha Mollyneaux Stone Carlotta Campion Young Carlotta Janie Dee Tracie Bennett Emily Langham Benjamin Stone Theodore Whitman Young Emily Philip Quast Billy Boyle Anouska Eaton Young Buddy Emily Whitman Young Theodore Fred Haig Norma Atallah Barnaby Thompson Buddy Plummer Deedee West Young Christine Peter Forbes Liz Izen Emily Goodenough Heidi Schiller Christine Donovan Cameraman Josephine Barstow Julie Armstrong Edwin Ray Roscoe Sandra Crane TV Interviewer Bruce Graham Gemma Page Ian Mclarnon Stella Deems Young Heidi Weismann’s Dawn Hope Alison Langer Pa Liz Ewing Sam Deems Young Hattie Ensemble Adrian Grove Aimee Hodnett Jeremy Batt Hattie Walker Michael Vinsen Di Botcher Creative Team Director Music Supervisor Lighting Designer Dominic Cooke Nicholas Skilbeck Paule Constable Designer Orchestrations Sound Designer Vicki Mortimer Jonathan Tunick Paul Groothuis Choreographer With Josh Clayton Bill Deamer Music Director Nigel Lilley Broadcast Team Director for Screen Sound Supervisor Tim Van Someren Conrad Fletcher Technical Producer Lighting Director Julia Nelson Bernie Davis Christopher C.Bretnall Introducing Follies Welcome to this National Theatre Live screening of Follies. New York, 1971. There’s a party on the stage of the Weismann Theatre. -
Thursday 17 January 2019 National Theatre: February
Thursday 17 January 2019 National Theatre: February – July 2019 Inua Ellams’ Barber Shop Chronicles will play at the Roundhouse, Camden for a limited run from July as part of a UK tour Gershwyn Eustache Jnr, Leah Harvey and Aisling Loftus lead the cast of Small Island, adapted by Helen Edmundson from Andrea Levy’s prize-winning novel, directed by Rufus Norris in the Olivier Theatre Justine Mitchell joins Roger Allam in Rutherford and Son by Githa Sowerby, directed by Polly Findlay Phoebe Fox takes the title role of ANNA in Ella Hickson and Ben and Max Ringham’s tense thriller directed by Natalie Abrahami Further casting released for Peter Gynt, directed by Jonathan Kent, written by David Hare, after Henrik Ibsen War Horse will return to London as part of the 2019 UK and international tour, playing at a new venue, Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre, for a limited run in October Olivier Theatre SMALL ISLAND adapted by Helen Edmundson based on the novel by Andrea Levy Previews from 17 April, press night 1 May, in repertoire until 10 August Andrea Levy’s epic, Orange Prize-winning novel bursts into new life on the Olivier Stage. A cast of 40 tell a story which journeys from Jamaica to Britain through the Second World War to 1948, the year the HMT Empire Windrush docked at Tilbury. Adapted for the stage by Helen Edmundson Small Island follows the intricately connected stories of two couples. Hortense yearns for a new life away from rural Jamaica, Gilbert dreams of becoming a lawyer, and Queenie longs to escape her Lincolnshire roots. -
Radio 4 Listings for 14 – 20 April 2012 Page 1 of 16 SATURDAY 14 APRIL 2012 Richard Adams in Watership Down
Radio 4 Listings for 14 – 20 April 2012 Page 1 of 16 SATURDAY 14 APRIL 2012 Richard Adams in Watership Down . Development is now Produced by Alan Hall planned in Sandleford near Newbury . A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4. SAT 00:00 Midnight News (b01fjz4z) A planning application to build 2,000 homes has met with The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. opposition from the local community. However West Berkshire Followed by Weather. Council says it needs to build more due to a housing shortage. SAT 11:00 Beyond Westminster (b01g4dnc) To explore the issues and mark the 40th anniversary of the Vying for Asian Voters book’s publication Helen retraces the landscape that follows the SAT 00:30 Book of the Week (b01g6pwc) Berkshire/Hampshire border. For both Labour and the Conservatives achieving an outright Double Cross majority in the Westminster Parliament will require winning over many voters who have not previously supported their Episode 5 SAT 06:30 Farming Today (b01g4ddz) causes. In particular, both parties need to do more to win over Farming Today This Week voters among Britain's ethnic communities and especially voters Written by Ben Macintyre. with an Asian heritage. Caz Graham investigates how the UK dairy industry compares It is June 1944 and the Allies prepare for the landings in internationally, from how farmers look after their cows to the Labour, shocked by its recent defeat in the Bradford West by- Normandy, taking the Germans by surprise, thanks to the work price of a pint. election, needs to reconnect with these voters it has too often of the double agents working for the British secret service. -
FOX SEARCHLIGHT PICTURES Presents PATHÉ, BBC FILMS
FOX SEARCHLIGHT PICTURES Presents PATHÉ, BBC FILMS, INGENIOUS MEDIA and BFI present with the participation of CANAL+ and CINÉ+ A YORUBA SAXON / HARBINGER PICTURES / PERFECT WEEKEND / FILM UNITED PRODUCTION An AMMA ASANTE Film DAVID OYELOWO ROSAMUND PIKE JACK DAVENPORT TOM FELTON LAURA CARMICHAEL TERRY PHETO JESSICA OYELOWO ARNOLD OCENG NICHOLAS ROWE ANTON LESSER ANASTASIA HILLE JACK LOWDEN MERVEILLE LUKEBA and NICHOLAS LYNDHURST DIRECTED BY ........................................................................... AMMA ASANTE SCREENPLAY BY ..................................................................... GUY HIBBERT PRODUCED BY .......................................................................... RICK MCCALLUM ..................................................................................................... DAVID OYELOWO ..................................................................................................... PETER HESLOP ..................................................................................................... BRUNSON GREEN ..................................................................................................... JUSTIN MOORE-LEWY ..................................................................................................... CHARLIE MASON EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS ....................................................... CAMERON MCCRACKEN ..................................................................................................... CHRISTINE LANGAN .................................................................................................... -
Blandings Free
FREE BLANDINGS PDF P. G. Wodehouse | 400 pages | 03 Jan 2013 | Cornerstone | 9780099580690 | English | London, United Kingdom P.G. Wodehouse reading list: the Blandings stories | Plumtopia Connie is trying to impress Colonel Fanshawe, in the hope Blandings Clarence might succeed Fanshawe as Lord Lieutenant of Shropshire; but Beach is behaving very oddly indeed. Clarence's bid to win the Pumpkin prize is threatened by Connie's ambition to Blandings Freddie off to Sir Gregory's niece. Clarence has grown an appalling beard, to the dismay of Beach and Connie, but Freddie needs Clarence to convince Hollywood starlet Pauline Petite of his bona-fides. Build up your Halloween Watchlist with our list of the most popular horror titles on Netflix in October. See the list. Blandings Blandings is dysfunction junction, the home of a chaotic family struggling to keep itself in order. Clarence Threepwood, Ninth Earl of Emsworth and master of Blandings Castle, yearns with all his soul to be left in peace; Blandings in the company of his beloved pig, The Empress. But he never is. There is always someone who wants him to do something. Presiding over the blitzkrieg on his equilibrium is the baleful figure of his sister Connie, with whom he shares the house; at her shoulder Blandings Clarence's brainless younger son Freddie and a panoply of friends, Blandings, servants, spongers, private detectives, bookies and confidence tricksters Written by Guy Andrews. I've been reading Wodehouse pretty much all my life. I love the lightness, the frothy confusion and the way he wove the characters into living, breathing people on the page.