A Damsel in Distress by Ian Hay (17 April 1876 ? 22 September 1952) and P.G. Wodehouse (15 October 1881 ? 14 February 1975) , based on Wodehouse?s novel written in 1919. First produced at the Grand Theatre in Blackpool on 6th August and the New Theatre on 13th August 1928. The image is reproduced in David A. Jason, ?The Theatre of P.G. Wodehouse? (1979) between pp. 22 & 23. The play is described as ?The first and most successful of P.G. W.?s staged novels?.