The Wooster Papers

Cast

the minstrels⁂

Also a troupe of nigger minstrels, the concert, negro minstrels, nigger minstrel chaps, a really hot banjoist, the troupe of negro minstrels, nigger minstrel entertainment, The Negroes

A troupe of blackface minstrels on the Chuffnell Regis sands, hired by Stoker for Dwight's birthday party on the yacht; Bertie hopes to learn from their banjoist, and the police take the blacked-up Sir Roderick for one of them.

Connections

dealings

Talked about, but not there

  1. Bertie meets Chuffy in Piccadilly, learns he is lunching with Sir Roderick Glossop, rents a cottage at Chuffnell Regis from him, and tells him he has parted with Jeeves, whereupon Chuffy decides to call at the flat.Chapter 2, Piccadilly, as a troupe of nigger minstrels
  2. At the Drones Bertie decides the minstrels' banjoist makes up for having to meet Lady Chuffnell and the loathsome Seabury.Chapter 2, the Drones Club, as a troupe of nigger minstrels
  3. Dressing for dinner, Bertie relents and offers to keep Jeeves on, but Jeeves still won't stand the banjolele and reveals he has already taken service with Chuffy.Chapter 2, Bertie's flat, as nigger minstrel chaps
  4. On a bench in the shrubbery Pauline tells Bertie she is crazy about Chuffy and asks him to hint that Chuffy should speak, until Jeeves appears.Chapters 4–6, the rustic bench, as the troupe of negro minstrels
  5. It is Sergeant Voules and his nephew Constable Dobson about the broken window; Bertie blames Brinkley and refuses to let them search the house, and Voules complains of the police being shackled.Chapter 8, the front door, as a troupe of nigger minstrels
  6. Bertie tells Jeeves of the night's disasters and Chuffy's row with Pauline, and Jeeves brings an invitation to dinner from Stoker, whom he has talked out of thinking Bertie mad; they agree Bertie will tell Pauline that Chuffy is pining, and remain at odds over the banjolele.Chapter 11, the cottage garden, as nigger minstrel entertainment
  7. Stoker shows Bertie into a guest state-room, slams and locks the door on him, and ignores his calls.Chapters 11–12, the state-room, as the concert
  8. Bertie despairs at having to marry Pauline, and Jeeves arrives with pyjamas and a plan to black his face with boot polish so he can slip ashore with the departing minstrels.Chapter 12, the state-room, as The entertainers
  9. Bertie stands rooted in despair until Jeeves coughs softly at his side.Chapters 14–16, Chuffnell Hall, as the negro entertainment
  10. Pauline tells Jeeves she will not marry Bertie after all and starts on Chuffy's kippers; the starving Bertie pops up, she shrieks, and Chuffy rushes in and takes her in his arms.Chapters 18–21, Chuffnell Hall, as the troupe of negroid minstrels