It was past TWS president Florence Cunningham who suggested that the society honor P. G. and Ethel Wodehouse with a —famously known as “the little church around the corner”—in New York City. The estimated cost was $1,500. With the church willing and funds donated from Edward Cazalet and TWS members, Frits Menschaar and John Graham worked to arrange the plaque installation and dedication ceremony. So it was that some 20 TWSers and other Wodehouseans gathered for the weekend to enjoy various activities and attend the plaque dedication on Sunday, May 1, 1994, following the church service; Florence Cunningham and then-president Toni Rudersdorf gave speeches. Among those present were PGW’s great-grandson Hal Cazalet, Bolton and Wodehouse and Kern author Lee Davis, former Wodehouse secretary Ann Smith, and Peter Schwed (Plum’s US publisher). For a full report of the occasion, see Plum Lines, Summer 1994.
A blog in two parts by Sophie Delhaes and Bob Rains Sophie: Introducing Wodehouse to New Fans and Old As you know, because you read this blog assiduously, this year the Shaw Festival is presenting the wonderful Jeeves and Wooster in Perfect Nonsense, a great...
We are delighted to share the exciting news that Hal Cazalet—singer, composer, and great-grandson of P. G. Wodehouse—is bringing his successful show Play on Words stateside! His tribute to PGW’s early music career has been performed to great applause in England and...
Wodehousean Fun at the Shaw Festival As the second-largest repertory theatre company in North America, the Shaw Festival has been situated in beautiful Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario since 1962. Every year they present a variety of plays and musicals from early April...
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