BY JEEVES Book & lyrics by Alan Ayckbourn; Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber Based on the Jeeves stories by P.G. Wodehouse First performed at the Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough, May 1 1996 First performed at the Duke of York's Theatre, London - July 2, 1996 SYNOPSIS By Jeeves adopts the village-hall show-within-a-show format. Bertie, having mislaid his banjo, rounds up the usual suspects and narrates an impromptu tale of thwarted love and mistaken identity under the direction of Jeeves. In the show we have vintage Lloyd Webber in the delightful Stinker and his would-be fiancée Stiffy, vintage Ayckbourn with the ladder gag and a confusion of handshaking which is close to the essence of Wodehouse farce. CAST OF CHARACTERS: Bertie Wooster Jeeves Honoria Glossop Bingo Little Gussi Fink-Nottle Sir Watkin Bassett Madeline Basset Stiffy Byng Harold "Stinker" Pinker Cyrus Budge III (Junior) Izzie Nutledge MUSICAL NUMBERS: 1. Some Introductory Chat 2. Wooster Will Entertain You 3. The Plot Thickens 4. Travel Hopefully (Part One) 5. A Curious Hedgehog Incident 6. Travel Hopefully (Continued) 7. In Which My Character Is Tested 8. That Was Nearly Us 9. Days Of Jams And Mazes 10. Love’s Maze 11. Wooster Thinks On His Feet 12. The Hallo Song 13. An Identity Crisis (Or Two) 14. By Jeeves 15. Wooster Nobly Intercedes 16. When Love Arrives 17. I Am Let Down (Badly) 18. What Have You Got To Say, Jeeves? 19. I Answer The Call Of The Code 20. Half A Moment 21. I Risk My Neck To Save The Bacon 22. It’s A Pig! 23. A Satisfactory Outcome 24. Banjo Boy 25. Wizard Rainbow (Banjo Mix) 26. In Conclusion INSTRUMENTATION Piano, Guitar, Dbl Bass, Drums, Clarinet/Saxophone/Flute, Synthesiser DISCOGRAPHY: Original Cast Recording - Polydor 533 187 - 2
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