The Adventure of the Speckled Band a pipe. Even Conan Doyle's bow was upstaged when Lyn Harding appeared at curtain call with the snake draped around his neck. "The Speckled Band" ran for 169 performances at the Adelphi Theatre before transferring to the Globe on 28 August. The play enjoyed a successful tour in England, with two touring-companies on the road by the end of August, while the New York presentation was marred by clumsy production. Conan Doyle's financial difficulties were at an end, yet there were still problems to be resolved with the production. While the human cast was excellent, the live snake proved to
The Fat of the Land (short story) the land", which means the best of what is available, "fat" meaning the best or richest part of something. While Wodehouse's stories are generally set in a timeless world, this story makes a rare reference to explicit years; it is stated in this story that one of Oofy Prosser's uncles, Hildebrand, died of an apopletic stroke in 1947, and his other uncle, Stanley, died of cirrhosis of the liver in 1949. The Drones Club Fat Uncles sweepstakes introduced in this story is also central to the 1965 short story "Stylish Stouts". "The Fat of the Land" was first published in