only of food, and is being sued for a breach of promise case after a recent flirtation with another girl. Maud leaves Geoffrey and realizes she is in love with George. She tells George and they happily agree to get married. Publication history The story was serialised between 10 May 1919 and 28 June 1919 in The Saturday Evening Post, with illustrations by Henry Raleigh. The US edition of the novel has the dedication, "To Maud and Ivan Caryll". Ivan Caryll was a composer who had previously collaborated with Wodehouse on the 1918 Broadway musical The Girl Behind the Gun. An excerpt from the novel was included in the 1939 omnibus Week-End Wodehouse (UK edition). Adaptations The story was made into a silent film, also titled A Damsel in Distress, 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. It was produced by Nicholas Hannen, and starred Basil Foster, Jane Baxter, and Reginald Gardiner. 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 was directed by George Stevens. A Damsel in Distress was adapted into a stage musical of the same name, which ran from 30 May to 27 June 2015 at Chichester Festival Theatre. The 2019 Indian Bollywood film Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga was inspired by the book. References Notes Bibliography External links Free e-book of A Damsel in Distress at Project Gutenberg The Wodehouse Society An analysis of the book, with annotated text, synopsis, lists of characters and locations, and selected quotes A list of literary and cultural references in the novel at Madame Eulalie’s website dedicated to Wodehouse’s early works The Russian Wodehouse Society's page, with numerous book covers and a list of characters The 1919 movie at the IMDB The 1937 musical at the IMDB 1919