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P.G. Wodehouse: A Broadway Centenary — by Tony Ring

April 30, 2017November 15, 2017 Honoria Plum

The name Tony Ring is familiar to many P.G. Wodehouse enthusiasts — it pops up often and in a surprising variety of places: from journal articles and forewords of new editions, to theatre programmes. Tony’s books on Wodehouse’s life and work line many of our shelves, and his sparkling presence has enlivened Wodehouse society events around the world. It is an honour and a pleasure to add Plumtopia to his long list of appearances. Another Centenary to Celebrate The Sunday Times Magazine for 9 April this year included a four-page article saluting Andrew Lloyd Webber’s extraordinary achievement in having four shows in … Continue reading P.G. Wodehouse: A Broadway Centenary — by Tony Ring

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Jeeves & Wooster, Musical Theatre, Novels, P.G. Wodehouse, Plum Locations, Plumtopia, Ukridge8 Comments

Happy New Year: Snifters with Ukridge at the Coal Hole

December 30, 2015January 8, 2017 Honoria Plum

N.T.P. Murphy identifies the Coal Hole in The Strand (in A Wodehouse Handbook, Volume One ) as one of four remaining London pubs mentioned in Wodehouse’s writing. It is mentioned in ‘The Debut of Battling Billson’, after long-suffering narrator James Corcoran meets Ukridge at the Gaiety Theatre. ‘Hallo, laddie!’ said Stanley Featherstonehaugh Ukridge, genially. ‘When did you get back? I say, I want you to remember this tune, so that you can remind me of it tomorrow, when I’ll be sure to have forgotten it. This is how it goes.’ He poised himself flat-footedly in the surging tide of pedestrians … Continue reading Happy New Year: Snifters with Ukridge at the Coal Hole

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Criticism, P.G. Wodehouse, World of Wodehouse10 Comments

Moments when one needs a drink (Barmy in Wonderland)

August 16, 2014April 17, 2022 Honoria Plum

‘There are moments when one needs a drink. Are there moments, indeed, when one doesn’t?’ PG Wodehouse (Barmy in Wonderland) So says Mervyn Potter, Hollywood heart-throb, who leads Barmy Fotheringay-Phipps astray in the PG Wodehouse novel Barmy in Wonderland (1952). … Continue reading Moments when one needs a drink (Barmy in Wonderland)