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Oh, My Dear!

A musical

Book:Guy Bolton and P. G. Wodehouse
Lyrics:P. G. Wodehouse
Music:Louis Hirsch

First produced 27 November 1918 at the Princess Theatre, New York (moving to the 39th Street Theatre during its run of 189 performances).

It was originally titled Ask Dad.

Synopsis

Little information. According to Guy and PG in Bring on the Girls it was set in a country sanatorium where a young man who thought he had committed a murder was hiding. Another description is that a group of eccentric New Yorkers check into a health farm.

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The show features a character named Broadway Willie - a nickname that PG revived for Jeeves in the Offing, although with a different surname.