1. Sergeant Brue
Opening Night: December 10, 1904, Strand Theatre, London.
Total Performances: 152
Book: Owen Hall
Lyrics: J.Hickory Wood & P.G.Wodehouse
Music: Liza Lehmann & Frederick Rosse
Song Lyrics by PGW:
Put Me In My Little Cell ()
U.S. Opening Night: April 24, 1905, Knickerbocker Theatre, New York.
2. The Beauty of Bath
Opening Night: March 19, 1906, Aldwich Theatre, London.
Total Performances: 287
Book: Seymour Hicks & Cosmo Hamilton
Lyrics: Chas.H.Taylor & P.G.Wodehouse
Music: Herbert E.Haines & Jerome Kern
Song Lyrics by PGW:
Mister Chamberlain
3. The Gay Gordons
Opening Night: September 11, 1907, Aldwich Theatre, London.
Book: Seymour Hicks
Lyrics: Arthur Wimperis, C.H.Bovill, Henry Hamilton & P.G.Wodehouse
Music: Guy Jones
Song Lyrics by PGW:
Now That My Ship's Come Home / You, You, You
4. The Bandit's Daughter
Opening Night: November 11, 1907, Bedford Music Hall, Camden Town, England.
Sketches: P.G.Wodehouse & Herbert Westbrook
Music: Ella King-Hall
5. Nuts and Wine
Opening Night: January 4, 1914, Empire Theatre, London.
Sketches: P.G.Wodehouse & C.H.Bovill
Music: Frank Tours
6. Pom Pom
Opening Night: February 28, 1916, Cohan Theatre, New York.
Total Performances: 114
Book and Lyrics: Anne Caldwell & P.G.Wodehouse
Music: Hugo Felix
7. Miss Springtime
Opening Night: September 25, 1916, New Amsterdam Theatre, New York.
Total Performances: 227
Book: Guy Bolton
Lyrics: P.G.Wodehouse & Herbert Reynolds
Music: Emmerich Kalman & Jerome Kern
Song Lyrics by PGW:
My Castle in the Air / Once Upon a Time /
Saturday Night / This is the Existence / Throw Me a Rose /
A Very Good Girl on Sunday / When You're Full of Talk
8. Have a Heart
Opening Night: January 11, 1917, Liberty Theatre, New York.
Total Performances: 78
Book: Guy Bolton & P.G.Wodehouse
Lyrics: P.G.Wodehouse
Music: Jerome Kern
Song Lyrics by PGW:
And I Am All Alone / Bright Lights / Daisy /
Have a Heart / Honeymoon Inn / I See You There /
I'm Here, Little Girl, I'm Here / I'm So Busy /
Look in His Eyes / My Wife-My Man /Napoleon /
Peter Pan / Polly Believed in Preparedness /
The Road That Lies Before / Samarkand /
Shop / They All Look Alike / You Said Something
9. Oh, Boy!
Opening Night: February 20, 1917, Princess Theatre, New York.
Total Performances: 475
Book: Guy Bolton & P.G.Wodehouse
Lyrics: P.G.Wodehouse
Music: Jerome Kern
Song Lyrics by PGW:
Ain't It a Grand and Glorious Feeling /
Be a Little Sunbeam / Every Day / The First Day of May /
Flubby Dub, the Cave Man / Koo-La-Loo /
Land Where the Good Songs Go (also in #13) /
Let's Make a Night of It / Little Bit of Ribbon /
Nesting Time in Flatbush / Oh, Daddy, Please / An Old Fashioned Wife
A Package of Seeds / A Pal Like You /
Rolled Into One / Till the Clouds Roll By / We're Going To Be Pals /
Words Are Not Needed / You Never Knew About Me
English Opening Night: January 27, 1919, Kingsway Theatre, London.
Total Performances: 167
Retitled: Oh, Joy!
10. Leave It to Jane
Opening Night: August 28, 1917, Longacre Theatre, New York.
Total Performances: 167
Book: Guy Bolton & P.G.Wodehouse
Lyrics: P.G.Wodehouse
Music: Jerome Kern
Song Lyrics by PGW:
Cleopatterer () / The Crickets Are Calling /
I'm Going to Find a Girl / It's a Great Big Land /
Just You Watch My Step / Leave It To Jane () /
A Peach of a Life / Poor Prune / Sir Galahad /
The Siren's Song / The Sun Shines Brighter /
There It Is Again / Wait Till Tomorrow /
What I'm Longing to Say / Why?
Revived: May 25, 1959, Sheridan Square Playhouse, New York.
Total Performances: 928
11. Kitty Darlin'
Opening Night: September 19, 1917, Tecic Theatre, Buffalo, New York.
Total Performances: 14
Book: Guy Bolton
Lyrics: P.G.Wodehouse
Music: Rudolf Friml
Song Lyrics by PGW:
Am I To Blame? / The Blarney Stone / The Dawn of Love /
Dear Bath / Dear Caracloe / Dear Old Dublin /
I'd Do the Same / Just We Two /
Kittv Darlin / The Maid and the Valet /
Noah / Peggy's Leg /
Spread the News / Swing Song /
The Sword of Thy Father / Tick, Tick, Tick /
When She Gives Him a Shamrock Bloom / You'll See
12. The Riviera Girl
Opening Night: September 24, 1917, New Amsterdam Theatre, New York.
Total Performances: 78
Book: Guy Bolton
Lyrics: P.G.Wodehouse
Music: Emmerich Kalman & Jerome Kern
Song Lyrics by PGW:
The Fall of Man / Gypsy, Bring Your Fiddle / Half a Married Man /
Just a Voice to Call Me, Dear /
Let's Build a Little Bungalow in Quogue /
Life's a Tale / The Lilt of a Gypsy Strain / Man, Man, Man /
Sometimes I Feel Just Like Grandpa /
There'll Never Be Another Girl Like Daisy /
Will You Forget? / Why Don't They Hand It To Me?
13. Miss 1917
Opening Night: November 5, 1917, Century Theatre, New York.
Total Performances: 48
Sketches: Guy Bolton & P.G.Wodehouse
Music: Jerome Kern & Victor Herbert
Song Lyrics by PGW:
The Beauty Doctor / A Dancing Courtship / A Dancing M.D. / Go, Little Boat /
I'm The Old Man in the Moon / The Palm Beach Girl /
The Land Where the Good Songs Go (see also #9) /
Peaches / The Picture I Want To See (see also #14) /
The Society Farmerettes / Tell Me All Your Troubles, Curie /
We Want To Laugh / We're Crooks / Who's Zoo in Girl Land /
You're the Little Girl I've Looked So Long For
14. Oh, Lady! Lady!
Opening Night: February 1, 1918, Princess Theatre, New York.
Total Performances: 219
Book: Guy Bolton & P.G.Wodehouse
Lyrics: P.G.Wodehouse
Music: Jerome Kern
Song Lyrics by PGW:
Before I Met You / Bill (see also #30) / Dear Old Prison Days / Do It Now /
Do Look At Him / Greenwich Village / I'm To Be Married Today /
It's a Hard, Hard World for a Man /
Little Ships Come Sailing Home /
Moon Song / Not Yet / Oh, Lady! Lady! / Our Little Nest /
A Picture I Want to See / Some Little Girl /
The Sun Starts to Shine Again /
Waiting Round the Corner / Wheatless Days /
You Found Me And I Found You
15. See You Later
Opening Night: April 15, 1918, Academy of Music, Baltimore, Maryland.
Book: Guy Bolton & P.G.Wodehouse
Lyrics: P.G.Wodehouse
Music: Jean Schwartz & Joseph Szulc
Song Lyrics by PGW:
Anytime is Dancing Time / Desert bland /
Honeymoon Island / I Never Knew / I'm Going to Settle Down /
In Our Little Paradise / Isn't It Wonderful /
It Doesn't Matter / Love's a Funny Thing / Lover's Quarrels /
Mother Paris / Nerves! / See You Later, Girls / See You Later Shimmy /
The Train That Leaves for Town /
You Whispered It / Young Man
16. The Girl Behind the Gun
Opening Night: September 16, 1918, New Amsterdam Theatre, New York.
Total Performances: 160
Book: Guy Bolton & P.G.Wodehouse
Lyrics: P.G.Wodehouse
Music: Ivan Caryll
Song Lyrics by PGW:
Back to the Dear Old Trenches / Flags of the Allies /
The Girl Behind the Gun / Godsons and Godmothers /
A Happy Family / I Like It, I Like It / I'm True To Them All /
I've a System / Oh, How Warm It Is Today / Some Day Waiting Will End /
That Ticking Taxi's Waiting at the Door /
There's a light in Your Eves /
There's Life in the Old Dog Yet /
Woman Hasn't Any Mercy On a Man
English Opening Night: May 20, 1919, Winter Garden Theatre, London.
Total Performances: 430
Retitled: Kissing Time
17. The Canary
Opening Night: November 4,1918, Globe Theatre, New York.
Total Performances: 152
Book: George Barr & Louis Verneuill
Lyrics: Anne Caldwell & P. G. Wodehouse
Music: Ivan Caryll
Song Lyric by PGW:
Thousands of Years Ago
18. Oh, My Dear!
Opening Night: November 27, 1918, Princess Theatre, New York.
Total Performances: 189
Book: Guy Bolton & P.G.Wodehouse
Lyrics: P.G.Wodehouse
Music: Louis Hirsch
Retitled: Ask Dad
Song Lyrics by PGW:
Ask Dad / Boat Song (see also #13) / Childhood Days / City of Dreams /
Come Where Nature Calls / I Love a Musical Comedy Show /
I Shall Be All Right Now / I Wonder Whether I've Loved You All My Life /
I'd Ask No More / If They Ever Parted Me From You /
It Sorta Makes a Fellow Stop and Think /
The Land Where Journeys End and Dreams Come True /
Now and Then But Not All the Time /
Phoebe Snow / Try Again / You Never Know
19. The Rose of China
Opening Night: November 25, 1919, Lyric Theatre, New York.
Total Performances: 47
Book: Guy Bolton
Lyrics: P.G.Wodehouse
Music: Armand Vecsey
Song Lyrics by PGW:
Bunny Dear / College Spirit /
Down on the Banks of the Subway /
The Legend of the Tea Tree /
Love is a Wonderful Feeling /
Lovely Ladies / Never More / Our Chinese Bungalow /
Proposals / Romeo and Juliet / Spirit of the Drum / Tao Loved His Li /
When You Are In China / Yale / Yesterday
20. Sally
Opening Night: December 21, 1920, New Amsterdam Theatre, New York.
Total Performances: 570
Book: Guy Bolton
Lyrics: Clifford Grey & P.G.Wodehouse
Music: Jerome Kern
Song Lyrics by PGW:
The Church Round the Corner /
You Can't Keep a Good Girl Down (Joan of Arc)
English Opening Night: September 10, 1921, Winter Garden Theatre, London.
Total Performances: 383
21. The Blue Mazurka
Written: 1921, never produced.
Book: Guy Bolton & P. G. Wodehouse
Lyrics: P.G.Wodehouse
Music: Franz Lehar & Jerome Kern
Song Lyrics by PGW:
The Hickey Doo / If You've Nothing Else To Do
22. The Golden Moth
Opening Night: October 5, 1921, Adelphi Theatre, London.
Total Performances: 281
Book: Fred Thompson & P.G.Wodehouse
Lyrics: P.G.Wodehouse
Music: Ivor Novello
Song Lyrics by PGW:
Dartmoor Days / Dear Eyes That Shine / Fairy Prince /
Give Me a Thought Now and Then /
If I Ever Lost You / Lonely Soldier / My Girl /
Nuts in May / Romance is Calling / We've Had a Busy Day
23. Pat (The Gibson Girl)
Written: 1922, never produced.
Book: Guy Bolton & P.G.Wodehouse
Lyrics: P.G.Wodehouse & Billy Rose
Music: Vincent Youmans
24. The Cabaret Girl
Opening Night: September 19, 1922, Winter Garden Theatre, London.
Total Performances: 462
Book: George Grossmith & P.G.Wodehouse
Lyrics: P.G.Wodehouse
Music: Jerome Kern
Song Lyrics by PGW:
First Rose of Summer / Journey's End /
London, Dear Old London / Looking All Over For You /
Mr. Grawins-Mr. Gripps / Nerves (see also #15) /
Oriental Dreams / The Pergola Patrol / Shimmy With Me /
Those Days Are Gone Forever / Whoop-De-Oodle-Do /
You Want the Best Seats, We Have 'Em
25. The Beauty Prize
Opening Night: September 5, 1923, Winter Garden Theatre, London.
Total Performances: 214
Book: George Grossmith & P.G.Wodehouse
Lyrics: P.G.Wodehouse
Music: Jerome Kern
Song Lyrics by PGW:
Cottage in Kent / Honeymoon Isle / I'm a Prize /
It's a Long Long Day / Joy Bells /
Meet Me Down on Main Street / Moon Love / Non-Stop Dancing /
You Can't Make Love By Wireless
26. Sitting Pretty
Opening Night: April 8, 1924, Fulton Theatre, New York.
Total Performances: 95
Book: Guy Bolton & P.G.Wodehouse
Lyrics: P.G.Wodehouse
Music: Jerome Kern
Song Lyrics by PGW:
All You Need Is a Girl / Bongo on the Congo /
Days Gone By / Dear Old Fashioned Prison of Mine /
A Desert Island / The Enchanted Train / Is This Not a Lovely Spot? /
Mr. & Mrs. Rorer / The Polka Dot / Shadow of the Moon /
Shufflin Sam / Sitting Pretty / There Isn't One Girl /
Tulip Time in Sing Sing / Worries / A Year From Today
27. Hearts and Diamonds
Opening Night: June 1, 1926, Strand Theatre, London.
Total Performances: 46
Book: Graham John & P.G.Wodehouse
Lyrics: P.G.Wodehouse & Graham John
Music: Bruno Granichstaedten
28. Oh, Kay!
Opening Night: November 8, 1926, Imperial Theatre, New York.
Total Performances: 256
Book: Guy Bolton & P.G.Wodehouse
Lyrics: Ira Gershwin
Music: George Gershwin
English Opening Night: September 21, 1927, His Majesty's Theatre, London.
Total Performances: 213
29. The Nightingale
Opening Night: January 3, 1927, Jolson Theatre, New York.
Total Performances: 96
Book: Guy Bolton & P.G.Wodehouse
Lyrics: P. G. Wodehouse
Music: Armand Vecsey
Song Lyrics by PGW:
Breakfast in Bed / May Moon / Two Little Ships
30. Show Boat
Opening Night: December 27, 1927, Ziegfeld Theatre, New York.
Total Performances: 572
Book: Oscar Hammerstein 2nd
Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein 2nd & P.G.Wodehouse
Music: Jerome Kern
English Opening Night: May 3, 1928, Drury Lane Theatre, London.
Total Performances: 350
Song Lyric by PGW:
Bill (see also #14)
31. Rosalie
Opening Night: January 10, 1928, New Amsterdam Theatre, New York.
Total Performances: 335
Book: Guy Bolton & Bill McGuire
Lyrics: Ira Gershwin & P.G.Wodehouse
Music: George Gershwin & Sigmund Romberg
Song Lyrics by PGW:
Hussais March / Oh Gee! Oh Joy! / Say So /
West Point Song / Why Must We Always Be Dreaming?
32. The Three Musketeers
Opening Night: March 13, 1928, Lyric Theatre, New York.
Total Performances: 318
Book: Bill McGuire
Lyrics: P.G.Wodehouse & Clifford Grey
Music: Rudolf Friml
Song Lyrics by PGW:
March of the Musketeers / Your Eyes
English Opening Night: March 28, 1930, Drury Lane Theatre, London
Total Performances: 242
33. Anything Goes
Opening Night: November 21, 1934, Alvin Theatre, New York.
Total Performances: 420
Book: Guy Bohon & P.G.Wodehouse
Lyrics: Cole Porter
Music: Cole Porter
English Opening Night: June 14, 1935, Palace Theatre, London.
Total Performances: 250
34. Leave It To Jeeves
Written: 1971, not produced.
Book: Guy Bohon & P.G.Wodehouse
Lyrics: P.G.Wodehouse
Music: Robert Wright & George Forrest
Source: David A. Jasen. P. G. Wodehouse - A Portrait of a Master
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