P.G. WODEHOUSE TYPED LETTER SIGNED 1953

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P.G. WODEHOUSE TYPED LETTER SIGNED 1953
A very substantive letter written in 1953 by Wodehouse to a theatre columnist for the
New York Times
.
Apparently the columnist had contacted WODEHOUSE asking for an update on the author's playwriting endeavors. And WODEHOUSE obliges effusively. He says that his writing partner Guy Bolton has taken two of their plays,
Kilroy Was There
and
Ring For Jeeves
to London
.
He goes on to describe the production plans for
Kilroy
and he quotes a paragraph from a letter he received from Bolton. He says they "will be putting it on, probably in the Fall" and that comedian "Joe E. Brown ...will do it in New York." Alas,
Kilroy
was a success in neither New York nor London. WODEHOUSE, hoping for a plug in the New York Times, tells the columnist that he and Bolton have also written their joint reminiscences about forty years of the theatre in New York and London in a book called
Bring On The Girls.
In collaboration with Jerome Kern, Bolton and Wodehouse served up several successful plays for New York
,
including
Leave it to Jane
and
Oh, Lady! Lady
! Wodehouse's playwriting skills aside, he is unquestionably best known for his fiction, especially his
Jeeves
novels which hilariously captured the antics of the wise valet, Jeeves, and his master the wealthy and hapless Bertie Wooster. The
Jeeves
cycle ultimately consisted of 35 short stories and 11 novels. Wodehouse was one of the most celebrated humorists of the 20th century. The letter is on 6x8" paper and is in excellent condition. There are two closed tears of no more than 1/8" each near the upper right corner. Neither comes anywhere near the text. Six words are underlined in pencil and I suspect that might have been done for emphasis by Wodehouse himself. One word is underlined in red ink -- may or may not have been done by Wodehouse. In paragraph two, following the words "two plays," someone (again I would think Wodehouse) has written in tiny cursive the words "by him and me," referring to himself and his writing partner Guy Bolton. This is a substantive piece of Wodehouse memorabilia. This letter will be shipped via USPS First Class Mail: .50.