PG Wodehouse

The twenties craze for crosswords and the consequent tendency of George and his beloved to talk in strings of synonyms would been better, I think, left on paper. As Wodehouse goes, the Mulliner stories are second eleven stuff, which means they can knock the spats and spots off yarns 40 years younger.

When Archibald asked his uncle what a worm such as he could offer a bally goddess like Aurelia Cammerleigh, Mr Mulliner wisely mentioned money, love and Archie's superb impression of a chicken laying an egg. Unwisely Archie brushed this wise advice aside. But money and love do matter and a loving and expensive production would have brought the play nearer the original.