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Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse (1881–1975) was an English humorist whowrote novels, short stories, plays, poems, song lyrics, and numerous pieces ofjournalism. He was highly popular throughout a career that lasted more thanseventy years, and his many writings continue to be widely read. He is bestknown for his novels and short stories of Bertie Wooster and his manservantJeeves and for his settings of English upper-class society of the pre– andpost–World War I era. He lived in several countries before settling in the United States afterWorld War II. During the 1920s, he collaborated with Broadway legends like ColePorter and George Gershwin on musicals and, in the 1930s, expanded hisrepertoire by writing for motion pictures. He was honored with a knighthood in1975.

Jonathan Cecil (1939–2011) was a vastly experienced actor, appearing at Shakespeare’s Globe as well as in such West End productions as The Importance of Being Earnest, The Seagull, and The Bed before Yesterday. He toured in The Incomparable Max, Twelfth Night, and An Ideal Husband, while among his considerable television and film appearances were The Rector’s Wife, Just William, Murder Most Horrid, and As You Like It.