Editing P. G. Wodehouse (section)

===1920s===
In the years after the war, Wodehouse steadily increased his sales, polished his existing characters and introduced new ones. Bertie and Jeeves, Lord Emsworth and his circle, and Ukridge appeared in novels and short stories;{{refn|In ''[[The Inimitable Jeeves]]'' (1923) and ''[[Carry on Jeeves]]'' (1925); ''[[Leave it to Psmith]]'' (1923, a Blandings novel despite its title); and ''[[Ukridge (short stories)|Ukridge]]'' (1924).<ref>Donaldson, pp. 351–352</ref>|group= n}} Psmith made his fourth and last appearance;{{refn|In ''Leave it to Psmith'' (1923).<ref>Usborne, p. 91</ref>|group= n}} two new characters were the Oldest Member, narrating his series of golfing stories,<ref>Usborne, p. 166</ref> and Mr Mulliner, telling his particularly tall tales to fellow patrons of the bar at the Angler's Rest.<ref>Usborne, p. 167</ref> Various other young men-about-town appeared in short stories about members of the [[Drones Club]].{{refn|Among the members of this fictional [[Mayfair]] club are Psmith, Bertie Wooster, two of Mr Mulliner's nephews and Lord Emsworth's younger son, Freddie Threepwood. Fifty other young male Wodehouse characters are also identified as members.<ref name=j46/> Wodehouse published two collections of short stories about the escapades of various Drones: ''[[Young Men in Spats]]'' (1936) and ''[[Eggs, Beans and Crumpets]]'' (1940). Members of the club feature in other collections, including ''[[A Few Quick Ones]]'' (1959) and ''[[Plum Pie]]'' (1966).<ref name=j46>Jaggard pp. 46–49</ref>|group=n}}

[[File:P.G. Wodehouse's autograph.jpg|right|thumb|Wodehouse's signature, undated]]
The Wodehouses returned to England, where they had a house in London for some years, but Wodehouse continued to cross the Atlantic frequently, spending substantial periods in New York.<ref name=dnbarchive/> He continued to work in the theatre. During the 1920s he collaborated on nine musical comedies produced on Broadway or in the West End, including the long-running ''[[Sally (musical)|Sally]]'' (1920, New York), ''[[The Cabaret Girl]]'' (1922, London) and ''[[Rosalie (musical)|Rosalie]]'' (1928, New York).<ref>Donaldson, pp. 358–359</ref> He also wrote non-musical plays, including ''The Play's the Thing'' (1926), adapted from [[Ferenc Molnár]], and ''A Damsel in Distress'' (1928), a dramatisation of his 1919 novel.<ref>Donaldson, p. 359</ref>

Though never a naturally gregarious man, Wodehouse was more sociable in the 1920s than at other periods. Donaldson lists among those with whom he was on friendly terms writers including [[A. A. Milne]], [[Ian Hay]], [[Frederick Lonsdale]] and [[E. Phillips Oppenheim]], and stage performers including [[George Grossmith Jr.]], [[Heather Thatcher]] and [[Dorothy Dickson]].<ref>Donaldson, p. 128</ref>