Come on Jeeves
Television faces star in a comedy classic…
Ian Dickens Productions
Come on, Jeeves
By P.G. Wodehouse
Adapted by Guy Bolton
The Lowry, Mon 9 – Sat 14 June 2008
Press Night: Mon 9 June, 8pm
North West Première The Lowry presents P.G. Wodehouse’s legendary ‘gentleman’s gentleman’, along with a host of hilarious characters, in Come On, Jeeves from Mon 9 to Sat 14 June.
Complete with a cast to savour, Guy Bolton’s adaptation is headed up by the legendary Victor Spinetti, whose long and distinguished career has seen him star alongside some real heroes of theatre and the big screen (The Return of the Pink Panther with Peter Sellers, The Taming of the Shrew with Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor and alongside The Beatles in Hard Days Night, Help! and Magical Mystery Tour). He is joined on stage by Carry On favourite Anita Harris, Judy Buxton (On the Up), Darren Nesbitt (Where Eagles Dare, Special Branch) and Myfanwy Waring (The Bill).
Writer P.G.Wodehouse is one of the most outstanding and ingenious writers of his time, a remarkable character whose humorous and entertaining writing contains some of the most memorable verbal sparring and witty one-liners ever written.
Whilst Bertie Wooster is out of town, Jeeves is on loan to the Earl of Towcaster. The Earl, known as Bill, has been losing heavily on the ‘gee gees’, so decides to become a bookie in the guise of 'Honest Patch Perkins' - but it doesn't quite go to plan! With an unpaid bet, a furious punter on his heels, a loud, wealthy, widowed American clairvoyant wanting to buy his crumbling mansion and his fiancée and family asking awkward questions, this could be a challenging day for Bill, which only Jeeves can sort out in his usual impeccable style.
Posted on Wednesday, 28 May 2008 under Press Theatre Press