A Damsel in Distress
P. G. Wodehouse
- A
- Damsel
- in
- Distress
- is
- a
- novel
- by
- P.
- G.
- Wodehouse.
- It
- had
- previously
- been
- serialised
- in
- The
- Saturday
- Evening
- Post,
- between
- May
- and
- June
- that
- year.
- Golf-loving
- American
- composer
- George
- Bevan
- falls
- in
- love
- with
- a
- mysterious
- young
- lady
- who
- takes
- refuge
- in
- his
- taxicab
- one
- day;
- when
- he
- tracks
- her
- down
- to
- a
- romantic
- rural
- manor,
- mistaken
- identity
- leads
- to
- all
- manner
- of
- brouhaha.
- The
- story
- was
- made
- into
- a
- silent,
- black-and-white
- movie
- in
- 1919.
- In
- 1928
- Wodehouse
- collaborated
- with
- Ian
- Hay
- in
- adapting
- the
- book
- for
- the
- stage:
- Hay,
- Wodehouse
- and
- A.
- A.
- Milne
- invested
- in
- the
- production,
- about
- which
- Wodehouse
- said
- "I
- don't
- think
- we
- shall
- lose
- our
- money,
- as
- Ian
- has
- done
- an
- awfully
- good
- job."
- The
- play,
- which
- opened
- at
- the
- New
- Theatre,
- London,
- on
- 13
- August
- 1928,
- had
- a
- successful
- run
- of
- 234
- performances.
- Wodehouse
- was
- involved
- in
- adapting
- the
- novel
- as
- a
- musical
- in
- 1937.
- A
- Damsel
- in
- Distress
- is
- a
- 1937
- English-themed
- Hollywood
- musical
- comedy
- film
- starring
- Fred
- Astaire,
- Joan
- Fontaine,
- George
- Burns,
- and
- Gracie
- Allen.
- With
- a
- screenplay
- by
- P.
- G.
- Wodehouse,
- loosely
- based
- on
- his
- novel
- of
- the
- same
- name,
- music
- and
- lyrics
- by
- George
- and
- Ira
- Gershwin,
- it
- is
- directed
- by
- George Stevens.
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