Origin Theatrical

 

BY JEEVES

From the classic P.G. Wodehouse stories of the amiably dense Bertie Wooster and his estimable manservant Jeeves, two of the theatre\'s most celebrated talents have fashioned a jolly chamber musical chock full of hilarity and invention.Bertie is looking forward to enlivening a charity benefit at a church hall when his beloved banjo mysteriously goes missing. Assisted by the unflappable Jeeves, Bertie instead entertains the audience with an improvised account of how he and two chums - with, as one song puts it, "a collective I.Q. of around 42" - all got their names and identities confused in the course of one riotously raucous weekend. This tale of escalating chaos and labyrinthine high jinx unfolds to the accompaniment of one of Andrew Lloyd Webber's most vivacious and sprightly scores. BY JEEVES cleverly intertwines the twin English passions for amateur theatrics and bumbling silliness, taking us back to a time when flirty girls pursued men, not careers, and where good breeding took precedence over brainpower.

Cast Requirements: PRINCIPALS 3 Women 7 Men FEATURED 1 Woman 2 Men CHARACTERS Bertram Wooster Jeeves Honoria Glossop Gussie Fink-Nottle Harold "Stinker" Pinker Stiffy Byng Bingo Little Sir Watkyn Bassett Madeline Bassett Cyrus Budge III (Junior) Other Personages (3)

Set Requirements: BY JEEVES takes place on the stage of a church hall, later improvised to represent a London flat and the country house and grounds of Totleigh Towers.

Genre / Style: Musical Comedy

Rehearsal / Orchestral Material: Rehearsal Set (24 Books) 12 Libretto, 12 PIANO CONDUCTOR SCORE Orchestra Package (6 Books) 1 WOODWINDS (Flute, Alto Sax, Clarinet), 1 SYNTHESIZER, 1 GUITAR (Acoustic), 1 BASS (Acoustic), 1 DRUMS (Trap Set), 1 PIANO CONDUCTOR SCORE.

Musical Numbers: Never Fear, Travel Hopefully, That Was Nearly Us, Love's Maze, The Hallo Song, By Jeeves, When Love Arrives, What Have You Got To Say Jeeves? Half a Moment, It's A Pig! Banjo Boy, Wizard Rainbow Banjo Mix.

Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber
Book & Lyrics by Alan Ayckbourn