P.G. Wodehouse Posthumous Material: Theatrical and TV performances and Adaptations - Part 2
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Material relating to theatrical and TV performances and adaptations of P.G. Wodehouse works, including: programme of Anything Goes, Prince Edward Theatre, London, Jul 1989; press clipping relating to Candle-Light, Palace Theatre, Watford, Sept 1989; press clipping relating to a TV adaptation for...
P.G. Wodehouse: Pearls, Girls and Monty Bodkin - Later Draft of Chapter 2 and 5-12
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Photocopy of later revised typescript draft of chapter 2 and 5-12 of Pearls, Girls and Monty Bodkin, undated (167 pages). The working title 'The Luck of the Bodkins' appears crossed out on the first page.
31 letters from William Townend to P.G. Wodehouse, 21 Nov 1949-29 Dec 1950. The letters mainly relate to Townend's work, news about mutual friends, including schoolmates from Dulwich College and Herbert Wotton Westbrook, and reactions to P.G. Wodehouse's current work. A number of letters conta...
54 letters from William Townend to P.G. Wodehouse, 24 Jan 1951-30 Dec 1952. In the letter from 5 Oct 1951, Townend broaches the idea of the book Performing Flea. The letters from this point on relate mainly to that project. Letters from 1952 talk about Performing Flea and Duff Cooper (4 Mar) a...
27 letters from William Townend to P.G. Wodehouse, mainly regarding Performing Flea, 23 Feb 1954-24 Oct 1955. The letter from 12 Apr 1954 regards Raymond Chandler.
94 letters from Townend to P.G. Wodehouse, 31 Dec 1956-27 Sept 1961. The letters from 1956 to 1957 concern Richard Usborne's research for Wodehouse at Work and the letter from 11 May 1956 refers to Wodehouse's French Leave. The letters from 1958 to 1961 regard Usborne's research and material o...
Correspondence of P.G. Wodehouse with fans and friends, including: photocopy of a letter to the secretary of the Savage Club, resigning from the Club, 3 Dec 1929; letter to Herbert Haskins (Bert), who had been interned in the Tost prison camp with P.G. Wodehouse in 1940, expressing sympathy for ...
P.G. Wodehouse: The Girl in Blue - Notes and Drafts
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Colour photocopies of 131 pages of holograph and typed notes in preparation of the novel's scenario and drafts of sequences, dialogues and narratives for The Girl in Blue.