George Caffyn

Also called George, Caffyn, old George, Jolly old Caffyn

An American playwright friend of Bertie's in New York, author of Ask Dad, who gives Cyril his part.

Connections

dealings

• is friends with Bertie Wooster 5
• wrote Ask Dad^✦︎ 2
• is taken to by, gives Cyril Bassington-Bassington 2
• dislikes Blumenfield's son 1
• wrote Cyril's part^✦︎ 1

Scenes they are in

1. Lunching with George Caffyn at the Lambs Club, Bertie learns from Jeeves that Cyril has been arrested and wants bailing out.Chapter 9, the Lambs Club
2. At the police station Cyril, sporting a black eye, explains he shoved a policeman he took for a postman, and Bertie bails him out after introducing him to George.Chapter 9, the police station, as George
3. At the dress-rehearsal of Ask Dad, Blumenfield's son condemns Cyril as the ugly one with a face like a fish, Cyril threatens to spank him, and Blumenfield fires Cyril on the spot.Chapter 10, Blumenfield's theatre

Talked about, but not there

1. Brooding over Cyril, Bertie receives Aunt Agatha's cable forbidding him to introduce Cyril into theatrical circles, but is too proud to ask the cold Jeeves's advice.Chapter 9, Bertie's New York flat
2. Cyril gleefully announces that George has given him a part in Ask Dad, which his father would never allow, and George on the telephone refuses to drop him.Chapter 9, Bertie's New York flat, as Caffyn
3. Cyril rehearses his tiny part at Bertie day and night while Bertie dreads Aunt Agatha and Jeeves stays cold about the purple socks.Chapter 10, as old George