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Plays Written by P G Wodehouse
This information sheet lists the plays known to have
been wholly or partly written by P G Wodehouse, refers to the work (if
any and where known) from which they were adapted or to which they gave
rise, and gives the dates of the first known UK performance, the first
London performance and the first New York performance.
PLAYS BY P G WODEHOUSE FROM HIS OWN WORK (4)
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Title |
Novel Equivalent |
First Performances |
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The Inside Stand |
Hot Water |
Alhambra, Glasgow
c October 1935
Saville Theatre, London
21 November 1935
50 performances |
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Joy in the Morning |
The Old Reliable |
Studio Theatre, Ashburton, Devon
25 August 1954
4 performances |
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Love Among the Chickens |
Love Among the Chickens |
Not known |
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Summer Guest |
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Not known |
PLAYS BY P G WODEHOUSE ADAPTED FROM THE WORKS OF
OTHERS (5)
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Title |
Based on |
First Performances |
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The Play’s the Thing |
Spiel in Schloss
by Ferenc Molnar |
Henry Miller’s Theatre, New York
3 November 1926
313 performances
St James’s Theatre, London
4 December 1928 |
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Good Morning, Bill |
(Title not known)
by Ladislaus Fodor |
Duke of York’s Theatre, London
28 November 1927
146 performances |
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Candlelight |
Kleine Komoedie
by Siegfried Geyer |
Empire Theatre, New York
30 September 1929
128 performances |
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Arthur |
Jemand
by Ferenc Molnar |
Not produced |
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Game of Hearts |
(Title not known)
by Ferenc Molnar |
Not produced |
ORIGINAL PLAYS BY P G WODEHOUSE AND ANOTHER (2)
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Title |
Became |
First Performances |
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If I Were You
(with Guy Bolton) |
This was first made into the novel If I Were You before
being re-adapted into Who’s Who, see below. |
Not known |
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Come On, Jeeves
(with Guy Bolton) |
Ring for Jeeves |
Worthing, 1954 |
PLAYS BY P G WODEHOUSE AND ANOTHER; ADAPTED FROM WODEHOUSE’S OWN
WORK (5)
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Title |
Based on |
First Performances |
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A Gentleman of Leisure
(with John Stapleton)
As A Thief in the Night |
The Intrusion of Jimmy |
The Playhouse, New York
24 August 1911
76 performances
McVicker’s Theatre, Chicago
30 March 1913 |
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Brother Alfred
(with Herbert Westbrook) |
Rallying Round George |
Devonshire Park, Eastbourne
3 March 1913
Savoy Theatre, London
8 April 1913
14 performances |
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A Damsel in Distress
(with Ian Hay) |
A Damsel in Distress |
New Theatre, London
13 August 1928
234 performances |
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Leave it to Psmith
(with Ian Hay) |
Leave it to Psmith |
ShaftesburyTheatre, London
27 September 1930
156 performances |
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Who’s Who
(with Guy Bolton) |
If I Were You |
Duke of York’s Theatre, London
20 September 1934
19 performances |
PLAYS BY P G WODEHOUSE AND ANOTHER; ADAPTED FROM THE WORK OF OTHERS
(3)
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Title |
Based on |
First Performances |
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Her Cardboard Lover
(with Valerie Wyngate)
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Dans sa candeur naive
by Jacques Deval |
Empire Theatre, New York
21 March 1927
152 performances
Lyric Theatre, London
21 August 1928
173 performances |
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Baa, Baa, Black Sheep
(with Ian Hay) |
A short story by Ian Hay |
New Theatre, London
22 April, 1929
115 performances |
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Don’t Listen, Ladies
(as Stephen Powys;
with Guy Bolton) |
(N'écoutez pas, Mesdames)
by Sacha Guitry |
St James’s Theatre, London
2 September, 1948
219 performances |
© Tony Ring
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