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.

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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