About this episode

The episode reviews two theatrical productions, 'Jeeves Takes Charge' and 'Who Killed Marilyn?', exploring themes of comedy and cultural icons.

This episode, we travel from the wonderfully ridiculous world of P.G. Wodehouse to the glamour, tragedy and conspiracy surrounding Marilyn Monroe. We review  Jeeves Takes Charge  at Charing Cross Theatre and  Who Killed Marilyn?  at the Emerald Theatre: two productions exploring famous characters and cultural icons in very different ways. Jeeves Takes Charge The unmistakable world of P.G. Wodehouse comes to the stage in  Jeeves Takes Charge , bringing with it the hapless Bertie Wooster, his extraordinarily capable valet Jeeves and all the misunderstandings, social disasters and gloriously silly situations that inevitably follow them. At the centre of it all is  Sam Harrison , taking on the extraordinary challenge of playing all  22 of P.G. Wodehouse’s much-loved characters  himself - from Jeeves and Bertie Wooster to Florence Craye, Gussie Fink-Nottle, Bingo Little, Uncle Willoughby and Aunt Dahlia. It’s a one-man comic juggling act requiring lightning-fast character changes, impeccable timing and seemingly endless energy. At Charing Cross Theatre, we enter a world of impeccable manners, eccentric characters and quintessentially British…

People in this episode

Hosts: Natalie Maher, Darren Murphy

Topics covered

• theatre review
• P.G. Wodehouse
• Marilyn Monroe
• comedy
• cultural icons
• one-man show

Keywords

• theatre
• Jeeves Takes Charge
• Who Killed Marilyn
• P.G. Wodehouse
• Marilyn Monroe
• comedy
• one-man show
• theatrical review

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Jeeves Takes Charge, Who Killed Marilyn?

Places: Charing Cross Theatre, Emerald Theatre

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