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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.

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Description

  • Full Length Musical
  • Comedy

  • 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.
  • Orchestra Size: 6
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.
REVIEWS:

"Nicely done Jeeves! ...Andrew Lloyd Webber's music brightly suits Alan Ayckbourn's neatly turned lyrics. Cozy in style, fizzy in spirits, it makes for a night of jolly good fun!"

Michael Sommers, The Star-Ledger

"A cheerfully convoluted tale of mistaken identity, romance thwarted and the triumph of true love. Once the giggles start, they rarely subside!"

Michael Kuchwara, Associated Press


Characters

  • Casting: 4M, 9F

  • 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)

    • Available Material

    Name Price
    Rehearsal Material Shipped a minimum of 3 months before the last performance. This must be hired as a condition of the License to produce this show.

    1 Keyboard (Piano Conductor’s Score)
    20 Vocal Books
    20 Scripts

    		 $500.00 +$135.00/pm
    Orchestral Material Shipped a minimum of 1 month before the last performance. This is optional.

    1 Full Score
    1 Keyboard I (Piano)
    1 Keyboard II (Synth)
    1 Woodwind (doubling alto sax & flute)
    1 Rhythm Guitar
    1 Bass Guitar
    1 Drums

    		 $150.00 +$135.00/pm
    Perusal Material Shipped immediately. This is optional. Order Now

    1 Piano/Conductor Score
    1 Vocal Score
    1 Script

    		 $24.00

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