[lit-ideas] Re: Ludwig and Bertie
- From: "Michael Geary" <atlas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 20:39:14 -0500
Unrote Ritchie wrote:
> Does anyone on the list know anyone who might have known someone who saw
the
> play? Was it good? Is it time for a revival?
I haven't seen the play, nor do I know anyone who has, nor anyone who knows
anyone who has, nor anyone who wants to know anyone who has. But I can well
imagine the play. And, yes, yes indeed, it was very good. Very, very good
indeed. Jeeves, of course, saves the day. There is that wonderful scene
where Bertie is imprisoned in a room because he keeps pushing on a door that
opens inward. And Witty plays a verbal gardener who plants new words in
discussions thus starting whole new discussions with wonderfully comic
effects. Bertie's encounters with new words are side-splitting. It's said
that Wittgenstein once said, "A serious and good philosophical work could be
written consisting entirely of jokes." This play, then, is a philosophical
masterpiece. And I would strongly support any revival which I rewrote.
Mike Geary,
Critic,
Theatre of the Unrealized
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Ritchie" <ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2004 12:54 PM
Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Ludwig and Bertie
> Inspired by a recent article in the "New Yorker" (April 19 and 26), which
> described a fellow who, worried that he might be caught in need of fun
while
> he was bereft both of inspiration and model, was sensible enough to buy
one
> complete set of P.G. Wodehouse for the downstairs area of his house and
> another for the upstairs, I went to Abebooks to see if I could find a
> complete set at a reasonable price. I found none. Please alert me if you
> find one.
>
> I did, however, discover (and fail to buy):
>
> Programme for "Ludwig And Bertie" by Justin Greene.
> Birkbeck College, London 1982. A one-act play, with the characters Ludwig
> Wittgenstein, Bertie Wooster, Bertrand Russell and Jeeves, set in a
library
> sometime around 1911. Produced by the college Philosophy Society. Surely
> time for a revival! Fine A4 mimeographed sheet, folded
> Bookseller Inventory #54565
>
>
> Price: US$ 18.24 (Convert Currency)
>
> Bookseller: Nigel Williams First Editions, ABA, ILAB, 25 Cecil Court,
> Charing Cross Road, London, , United Kingdom, WC2N 4EZ
>
> Does anyone on the list know anyone who might have known someone who saw
the
> play? Was it good? Is it time for a revival?
>
> David Ritchie, ABBA, Status Quo, etc.
> Department of Eccentricity
> Life Sciences and Arts University
> Portland, Oregon
>
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