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Author:
Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville), 1881-1975.
Title:
Bring on the girls! : the improbable story of our life in musical comedy, with pictures to prove it / P.G. Wodehouse and Guy Bolton.
Publisher:
The Overlook Press,
Copyright Date:
2014
Description:
303 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 19 cm
Subject:
Musicals--United States--History and criticism.
Musicians--United States.
Wodehouse, P. G.--(Pelham Grenville),--1881-1975.
Bolton, Guy,--1884-1979.
Authors, English--20th century--Biography.
Librettists--United States--Biography.
Other Authors:
Bolton, Guy, 1884-1979.
Notes:
Reprint. Originally published: New York : Simon and Schuster, 1953. Revised edition published: London : Herbert Jenkins, Ltd., 1954. This edtion reprints the 1954 text and photographs. Includes index.
Summary:
"Despite an enormous solo output, P.G. Wodehouse often co-operated with other writers, especially in the early stages of his career, exchanging or sharing plots, advising on problems and even writing books and stage-works together. Bring on the Girls is a characteristically mordant account of his work with Guy Bolton in musical comedy, which occupied much of Wodehouse's energy from his arrival in America and effectively made his reputation. To be entertaining was the paramount concern of the authors, who had no compunction about embellishing autobiographical material or borrowing anecdotes from friends. This is a tactful book--there are no shocking revelations--but an extremely amusing one, with vivid portraits of such star as Gertrude Lawrence and insights into febrile life behind the scenes"--Jacket.
Series:
The collector's Wodehouse
Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville), 1881-1975. Collector's Wodehouse.
ISBN:
1468309749
9781468309744
OCLC:
(OCoLC)871671151
Locations:
PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)

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