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Tuppy Glossop
Hildebrand "Tuppy" Glossop is a recurring fictional character in the Jeeves stories by humorist P. G. Wodehouse. Tuppy is a member of the Drones Club, a friend of Bertie Wooster, and the fiancé of Angela Travers, Bertie's cousin. Life and character Hildebrand "Tuppy" Glossop is the nephew of Sir Roderick Glossop and the cousin of Honoria Glossop. He has light hair, a Cheshire Cat, Cheshire-cat grin, keen and piercing eyes, a high, squeaky voice, and somewhat resembles a bulldog in build and appearance.Cawthorne (2013), pp. 214–215. An Old P. G. Wodehouse locations#St. Austin's, Austinian and Drones Club member, Tuppy is a boyhood friend of Bertie Wooster, with whom he went to Oxford University, Oxford.Garrison (1991), p. 81. In ''Right Ho, Jeeves'', Bertie is surprised to learn that Tuppy is Scottish. Tuppy regularly plays tennis in the summer and football in the winter. The origin of Tuppy's nickname is never explained, though it is not an uncommon nickname, generally being d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeeves
Jeeves (born Reginald Jeeves, nicknamed Reggie) is a fictional character in a series of comedic short stories and novels by English author P. G. Wodehouse. Jeeves is the highly competent valet of a wealthy and idle young Londoner named Bertie Wooster. First appearing in print in 1915, Jeeves continued to feature in Wodehouse's work until his last completed novel ''Aunts Aren't Gentlemen'' in 1974, a span of 60 years. Both the name "Jeeves" and the character of Jeeves have come to be thought of as the quintessential name and nature of a manservant, inspiring many similar characters as well as the name of an Internet search engine, Ask Jeeves, and a financial-technology company. A "Jeeves" is now a generic term as validated by its entry in the ''Oxford English Dictionary''. Jeeves is a valet, not a butler; that is, he is responsible for serving an individual, whereas a butler is responsible for a household and manages other servants. On rare occasions he does fill in for someone ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aunt Dahlia
Dahlia Travers (née Wooster) is a recurring fictional character in the Jeeves stories of English comic writer P. G. Wodehouse, being best known as Bertie Wooster's bonhomous, red-faced Aunt Dahlia. She is much beloved by her nephew, in contrast with her sister, Bertie's Aunt Agatha. Proprietor of the weekly newspaper for women ''Milady's Boudoir'', she is married to Tom Travers, mother of Angela Travers and Bonzo Travers, and employs the supremely gifted French chef Anatole at her country house, Brinkley Court. Aside from Jeeves and Bertie Wooster, Aunt Dahlia appears in more Jeeves novels, and more Jeeves stories overall, than any other character. She makes an appearance in fourteen Jeeves stories, including seven novels and seven short stories. Only Aunt Agatha and Bingo Little appear in more Jeeves short stories (eight and ten, respectively). Inspiration Wodehouse spent much of his youth with his many aunts and uncles, as his parents were generally away in Hong Kong. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archibald Mulliner
''Mr Mulliner Speaking'' is a collection of nine short stories by P. G. Wodehouse. It was first published in the United Kingdom on April 30, 1929 by Herbert Jenkins, and in the United States on February 21, 1930 by Doubleday, Doran.McIlvaine (1990), pp. 55–56, A40. The stories were originally published in magazines in the UK and the US between 1924 and 1929. All stories are narrated by the inexorable raconteur Mr Mulliner, a fisherman who tells stories at the Angler's Rest about members of his prodigious family, including one who is also a member of the Drones Club. The last three of the stories are about Bobbie Wickham; they were revised and given a Mr Mulliner frame for the book. Contents "The Reverent Wooing of Archibald" * UK: ''Strand'', August 1928 * US: ''Cosmopolitan'', September 1928 The story features Mr Mulliner's nephew Archibald Mulliner, the sock collector who can mimic a hen laying an egg, and his love Aurelia Cammarleigh. They also appear in "Archibald an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Quilter
David Quilter (born 11 June 1942) is an English actor who has made numerous appearances in British television plays and series since the mid-1960s. Early life and family He was born in Northwood, London, and attended Bryanston School, Dorset. "My first inkling that it was possible to be a professional actor was when a boy at school got a scholarship to RADA," remembered Quilter. "I never did any acting at school, which I slightly regret, but seeing him actually go off and train to be an actor, it made me realise that it was what I wanted to do."''All Memories Great & Small'', Oliver Crocker (2016; MIWK) Quilter trained at Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in South Kensington and then joined weekly rep at Chesterfield in 1963. "We did seven plays in eight weeks," he recalled. "I then joined the RSC in 1964 to play very small parts in the complete history cycle." Quilter's grandfather, Lawrence Beesley, was a survivor of the sinking of and wrote an account of his experienc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wodehouse Playhouse
''Wodehouse Playhouse'' is a British television comedy series based on the short stories of P. G. Wodehouse. From 1974 to 1978, a pilot and three series were made, with 21 half-hour episodes altogether in the entire series. The series has been released on home video. Production P. G. Wodehouse introduced the episodes in the first series. These introductions were filmed in January 1975, shortly before his death. The pilot episode aired in the anthology series ''Comedy Playhouse''. The first and second series of ''Wodehouse Playhouse'' initially aired on BBC1. Reruns of these episodes aired on BBC2 in 1977, and the third series first aired on BBC2. The episodes were broadcast in the US on PBS television stations. In 2003, the series was released on home video. David Climie adapted all the episodes, including the pilot. The first series was produced by David Askey, the second series was produced by Michael Mills, and the third series was produced by Gareth Gwenlan. With the exc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Leeson
John Francis Christopher Ducker (born 16 March 1943), known professionally as John Leeson, is an English actor, voice artist and freelance wine educator. He is known for portraying Bungle in ''Rainbow'' and voicing K9 in ''Doctor Who'' and spin-off ''The Sarah Jane Adventures''. Early career Leeson trained at Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and his varied stage and television career spans half a century. It includes work in both repertory and West End productions including Neil Simon's ''Plaza Suite'' (1969), ''Flint'' (1970) and ''Don't Start Without Me'' (1971), and character acting work across a wide range of television sitcoms and costume dramas from the 1970s onwards, including ''Dad's Army'', '' Sorry!'', ''Rings on Their Fingers'', adaptations of ''The Barretts of Wimpole Street'' and '' Vanity Fair'', ''Shadow of the Noose'', ''Crown Court'' and ''Longitude''. He also embarked on a parallel career in voiceover work, freelancing as a continuity announcer with BFBS Tele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Reverent Wooing Of Archibald
''Mr Mulliner Speaking'' is a collection of nine short stories by P. G. Wodehouse. It was first published in the United Kingdom on April 30, 1929 by Herbert Jenkins, and in the United States on February 21, 1930 by Doubleday, Doran.McIlvaine (1990), pp. 55–56, A40. The stories were originally published in magazines in the UK and the US between 1924 and 1929. All stories are narrated by the inexorable raconteur Mr Mulliner, a fisherman who tells stories at the Angler's Rest about members of his prodigious family, including one who is also a member of the Drones Club. The last three of the stories are about Bobbie Wickham; they were revised and given a Mr Mulliner frame for the book. Contents "The Reverent Wooing of Archibald" * UK: ''Strand'', August 1928 * US: ''Cosmopolitan'', September 1928 The story features Mr Mulliner's nephew Archibald Mulliner, the sock collector who can mimic a hen laying an egg, and his love Aurelia Cammarleigh. They also appear in "Archibald an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comedy Playhouse
''Comedy Playhouse'' is a long-running British anthology series of one-off unrelated sitcoms that aired for 120 episodes from 1961 to 1975. Many episodes later graduated to their own series, including ''Steptoe and Son'', '' Meet the Wife'', ''Till Death Us Do Part'', ''All Gas and Gaiters'', ''Up Pompeii!'', '' Not in Front of the Children'', ''Me Mammy'', ''That's Your Funeral'', ''The Liver Birds'', ''Are You Being Served?'' and particularly ''Last of the Summer Wine'', which is the world's longest running sitcom, having run from January 1973 to August 2010. In March 2014, it was announced that ''Comedy Playhouse'' would make a return that year with three new episodes. Background The series began in 1961 at the prompting of Tom Sloan, Head of BBC Light Entertainment at the time. Galton and Simpson were no longer writing for Tony Hancock and Sloan asked them to write ten one-offs with the hope that one might become established as a series. Thus, the first two series of ''C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The World Of Wooster
''The World of Wooster'' is a comedy television series, based on the Jeeves stories by author P. G. Wodehouse. The television series starred Ian Carmichael as English gentleman Bertie Wooster and Dennis Price as Bertie's valet Jeeves. The series aired on BBC Television from 1965 until 1967 in three series. Like many other British television series of the time, much of the series was lost as a result of wiping.Taves (2006), p. 117. All but two episodes are now lost. In 2018, the series was included at #51 in a list of the top 100 most wanted missing television programmes by television archivist organisation Kaleidoscope. Cast members Principal cast * Ian Carmichael as Bertie Wooster * Dennis Price as Jeeves Recurring cast * Derek Nimmo as Bingo Little (5 episodes) * Eleanor Summerfield as Aunt Dahlia (5 episodes) * Fabia Drake as Aunt Agatha (4 episodes) Background and production The series was produced by Michael Mills, Peter Cotes, and Frank Muir, with music by Sandy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aunts Aren't Gentlemen
''Aunts Aren't Gentlemen'' is a comic novel by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the United Kingdom in October 1974 by Barrie & Jenkins, London, and in the United States under the title ''The Cat-nappers'' on 14 April 1975 by Simon & Schuster, New York.McIlvaine, E., Sherby, L.S. and Heineman, J.H. (1990) ''P.G. Wodehouse: A comprehensive bibliography and checklist''. New York: James H. Heineman, pp. 105. It was the last novel to feature some of Wodehouse's best known characters, Bertie Wooster and his resourceful valet Jeeves, and the last novel fully completed by Wodehouse before his death. Taking place at a rural town called Maiden Eggesford, the story involves a plan by Bertie's Aunt Dahlia to kidnap a cat so that she can win a wager. The novel also chronicles the relationship between Bertie's acquaintances Orlo Porter and Vanessa Cook, and features Major Plank, whom Bertie first met in ''Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves''. Plot Concerned by pink spots on his chest, Bertie goe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Code Of The Woosters
''The Code of the Woosters'' is a novel by P. G. Wodehouse, first published on 7 October 1938, in the United Kingdom by Herbert Jenkins, London, and in the United States by Doubleday, Doran, New York. It was previously serialised in ''The Saturday Evening Post'' (US) from 16 July to 3 September 1938, illustrated by Wallace Morgan, and in the London ''Daily Mail'' from 14 September to 6 October 1938. ''The Code of the Woosters'' is the third full-length novel to feature Bertie Wooster and his valet Jeeves. It introduces Sir Watkyn Bassett, the owner of a country house called Totleigh Towers where the story takes place, and his intimidating friend Roderick Spode. It is also a sequel to ''Right Ho, Jeeves'', continuing the story of Bertie's newt-fancying friend Gussie Fink-Nottle and Gussie's sentimental fiancée, Madeline Bassett. Bertie and Jeeves return to Totleigh Towers in a later novel, ''Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves''. Plot Jeeves is trying to persuade Bertie to go on a worl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Very Good, Jeeves
''Very Good, Jeeves'' is a collection of eleven short stories by P. G. Wodehouse, all featuring Jeeves and Bertie Wooster. It was first published in the United States on 20 June 1930 by Doubleday, Doran, New York, and in the United Kingdom on 4 July 1930 by Herbert Jenkins, London.McIlvaine, E., Sherby, L.S. and Heineman, J.H. (1990) ''P.G. Wodehouse: A comprehensive bibliography and checklist''. New York: James H. Heineman, pp. 57-58. The stories had all previously appeared in Strand Magazine in the UK and in ''Liberty'' or ''Cosmopolitan'' magazines in the US between 1926 and 1930. As well as Jeeves and his master Bertie Wooster, the stories also feature many regular characters, including Tuppy Glossop, Bingo Little, Bobbie Wickham, Aunt Dahlia, Aunt Agatha and Sir Roderick Glossop. Bertie says the titular phrase four times in the collection. Contents The original story titles and publication dates were as follows: * "Jeeves and the Impending Doom" — Bertie reluctantly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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