A Damsel in Distress with Josh Cockburn

Ian is joined again by his brother Josh to talk about P. G. Wodehouse's A Damsel in Distress, the 1919 standalone novel that has a lot of similiarites to a Blandings Novel. It also features the return of Keggs (The Man Upstairs, The Coming of Bill) and the themes of medieval-style chivalry, class snobbery and musical theatre. We also talk about the 1937 film version, starring Fred Astaire, featuring songs by George and Ira Gershwin, and a screenplay co-written by Wodehouse. There will be spoilers. You can e-mail me at wodehousekeeping@gmail.com, anonymously or otherwise Furnish me with the needful at ko-fi.com/wodehousekeeping Join in the feast of reason and flow of soul on Bluesky or Facebook Reference works consulted Robert McCrum, Wodehouse: A Life Sophie Ratcliffe, P. G. Wodehouse: A Life in Letters Norman Murphy, A Wodehouse Handbook Richard Usborne, Wodehouse At Work to the End Daniel Garrison and Neil Midkiff, Who's Who in Wodehouse Lee Davis, Bolton and Wodehouse and Kern Barry Day, The Complete Lyrics of P. G. Wodehouse Madame Eulalie's Rare Plums website Wikipedia and IMDb Other works by Wodehouse mentioned: A Gentleman of Leisure Something Fresh A Damsel in Distress (play and film adaptations) The Girl Behind the Gun (show) "The Good Angel" "Love Me, Love My Dog" Something Fishy Summer Lightning Bachelors Anonymous "Sir Agravaine" The Prince and Betty "Avenged!" "Extricating Young Gussie" Piccadilly Jim Uneasy Money Spring Fever The Code of the Woosters Jill the Reckless Miss 1917 (show) Oh Kay (show) Rosalie (show) Also mentioned:  Ian Hay Basil Foster W.C. Sellar and R.J. Yeatman, 1066 and All That George Gershwin Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga (Bollywood adaptation) Maud and Ivan Caryll Euros Childs, "Thrips" Jerome Kern Taskmaster Reece Shearsmith Mary Deane The Regal Theatre Alice Dovey Anton Chekhov Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle Enid Blyton Richard Harris Barham, The Ingoldsby Legends Lewis Carroll, "The Walrus and the Carpenter" Alfred, Lord Tennyson Machiavelli David and Jonathan (Book of Samuel) Edmond Rostand, Cyrano de Bergerac Riot Women Guy Bolton Ira Gershwin Pandro S Berman George Stevens Allan Scott Fred Astaire Ginger Rogers Joan Fontaine George Burns Gracie Allen Reginald Gardiner Ray Noble It's A Wonderful Life Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.