Shakespeare

Also called Swan of Avon, the Bard of Stratford, the Bard, the poet Shakespeare

The poet Bertie quotes, or thinks he does.

In each book 11 books

• In My Man Jeeves
  The poet Bertie quotes, or thinks he does.
• In Carry On, Jeeves
  The poet Bertie quotes, or thinks he does.
• In Very Good, Jeeves
  The Swan of Avon, quoted by Jeeves and misquoted by Bertie.
• In Thank You, Jeeves
  Quoted by Bertie, with Jeeves's help, on the man who hath no music in himself.
• In Joy in the Morning
  The poet, quoted and misquoted by Bertie and Jeeves.
• In The Mating Season
  The poet, whose 'eye like Mars' Bertie gropes for.
• In Ring for Jeeves
  The Bard, quoted by Jeeves and misquoted by Biggar and Rory.
• In Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit
  The poet Jeeves credits for his quotation.
• In Jeeves in the Offing
  The poet, whom Bertie quotes uncertainly.
• In Much Obliged, Jeeves
  The playwright Jeeves likes to read and often quotes.
• In Aunts Aren't Gentlemen
  To whom Bertie wrongly credits the line about the female of the species.

Connections

dealings

• is read by Jeeves 8
• is written by Bacon 1
• is quoted by Rory Carmoyle 1

Talked about, but not there

My Man Jeeves 2 scenes

1. Corky's series is a hit and has rewarded Jeeves generously, and Bertie gives in when Jeeves vetoes the blue suit with the faint red stripe.Chapter 1, Bertie's New York flat
2. Fresh from defying Jeeves over a hat and a pink tie, Bertie is called on by Lady Malvern, who leaves her son Motty to live with him while she tours America, and Jeeves offers no sympathy.Chapter 2, Bertie's New York flat

Carry On, Jeeves 3 scenes

1. Bertie celebrates Corky’s successful comic series and rewards Jeeves’s judgement by accepting his choice of suit.Chapter 2, Bertie's New York flat
2. Bertie recalls asserting his independence over Jeeves’s choice of hat just before the Malvern trouble began.Chapter 3
3. Bertie mistakes Tootles for Elizabeth’s cousin and kidnaps him so Freddie can win her gratitude by returning him.Chapter 8, the beach

Very Good, Jeeves 4 scenes

1. Bertie lays Sippy's inferiority complex before Jeeves, who asks for time to think.Chapter 2, Bertie's flat
2. Over breakfast Bertie tells a disappointed Jeeves that Monte Carlo is off in favour of Christmas at Skeldings, and Aunt Agatha telephones to warn him that Sir Roderick Glossop will be there.Chapter 3
3. Mrs Wilberforce turns out to be Maudie, Uncle George's old barmaid, and the two are reunited over the linings of their stomachs while Bertie flees to the Drones.Chapter 10, Bertie's flat, as Swan of Avon
4. Jeeves admits he knew Maudie was the barmaid and acted for Smethurst, and Bertie agrees to flee before Aunt Agatha finds out.Chapter 10, Bertie's flat, as the poet Shakespeare

Thank You, Jeeves 1 scene

1. Sir Roderick Glossop calls to tell Bertie he ought to be certified and to demand he stop tormenting Mrs Tinkler-Moulke with his banjolele; Bertie refuses and has Jeeves show him out.Chapter 1, Bertie's flat

Joy in the Morning 5 scenes

1. Bertie drops Nobby at the Hall, stops at Boko's cottage for a drink, whistles at the window and has a china ornament thrown at his head.Chapters 6–7, the Bokeries
2. At midnight Bertie, quaking at thoughts of Stilton and Aunt Agatha, treacles paper to the scullery window but cannot bring himself to smash it, is challenged by Edwin from a window above, is chivvied by Boko, and wandering off round the house runs into Jeeves in the dark.Chapters 13–15, the grounds of Bumpleigh Hall
3. Jeeves reports he has released Clam, and Bertie sends him to find Boko and think of a way to heal the breach, after which Boko looms up again.Chapters 15–19, the grounds of Bumpleigh Hall
4. Avoiding Boko and Stilton swimming, Bertie finds Jeeves fishing, reproaches him for the Uncle Percy scheme, and sends him to find out from the Hall staff how Boko got out of his engagement to Florence.Chapter 20, the river
5. Jeeves admits he misled Uncle Percy, proposes the East Wibley fancy dress dance for the meeting with Clam in Bertie's Sindbad costume, wins Uncle Percy over with the whiskers, and arranges for Boko to drive him to London and buy costumes.Chapter 23, the grounds of Bumpleigh Hall

The Mating Season 1 scene

1. A frosty Silversmith brings the morning tea and says the late-night arrival was 'Mr Wooster', leaving Bertie baffled until Jeeves himself walks in with a breakfast tray.Chapters 7–8, Deverill Hall

Ring for Jeeves 6 scenes

1. Monica goes into the old living room, full of childhood memories, and Jill comes in from the garden and they embrace.Chapters 2–5, the living room, as the Bard of Stratford
2. Left alone with Jeeves, Rory pronounces Mrs Spottsworth potty, tells of a mad customer at Harrige's, and is awed by Jeeves's knowledge of the Derby form.Chapter 7, Rowcester Abbey, as the Bard
3. Over the port Biggar tells how Honest Patch Perkins welshed on his three-thousand-pound double, reveals the bookie's car number is Bill's, and is talked round by Jeeves's theory of a false number plate before going off to make a private telephone call.Chapter 8, the dining room
4. Jill coldly questions Bill about his Cannes intimacy with 'Rosie' Spottsworth, leaves to fetch her things for the night with a pointed remark, and Bill grumbles to Jeeves about women and snubs his Aunt Emily.Chapter 9, the living room
5. Biggar tells Jill that Bill is a fortune hunter courting Mrs Spottsworth, then Monica opens the dower chest to show off its costumes and finds Patch Perkins's check coat, and Biggar draws out the black patch and demands a word with Bill.Chapters 10–11, the living room, as Swan of Avon
6. Jeeves tips Ballymore, tells Rory and Monica that Jill has broken off with Bill, Rory's tactless consolation enrages Monica, and Jeeves advises the despairing Bill to repay Mrs Spottsworth for the pendant by selling her Rowcester Abbey.Chapter 18, Jeeves's pantry

Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit 1 scene

1. Locked in his room, Bertie repels Stilton through the keyhole, sends Jeeves for a strong whisky-and-soda, and is then invaded by an agitated Aunt Dahlia demanding Jeeves to save her.Chapters 11–12, Bertie's room at Brinkley

Jeeves in the Offing 1 scene

1. Bertie and Glossop reach the collection room and find the cow-creamer gone.Chapters 6–7, the collection room

Much Obliged, Jeeves 4 scenes

1. Jeeves, buttling in place of the indisposed Seppings, brings Bertie a reviving whisky and soda and consoles him with Shakespeare on good names, before Aunt Dahlia bounds in.Chapters 5–7, the Brinkley drawing-room
2. Bertie and Jeeves set out to canvass River Row for Ginger, debating whether a canvasser needs preliminaries, and split up at Numbers One and Two.Chapter 8, River Row
3. Aunt Dahlia hurls a Rex Stout at Bertie for failing, is herself turned away by Bastable, and then Jeeves arrives to reveal he slipped Bingley a Mickey Finn and took back the club book, whereupon she sets off to tackle L. P. Runkle.Chapters 11–12, the Brinkley drawing-room
4. Bertie finds Jeeves reading Spinoza by the back door, tells him Ginger must somehow lose the election despite Spode's oratory, and warns him to keep out of Ginger's way.Chapter 14, the back door

Aunts Aren't Gentlemen 1 scene

1. Jeeves reports that Vanessa and Orlo quarrelled when he refused to bully her father or steal the cat, and she broke with him; then Vanessa storms in and tells Bertie she will be his wife.Chapters 9–12, Wee Nooke