The Prince and Betty (UK Version) with Alexander Rennie

Ian is joined by Alexander Rennie once more to look at the UK version of the novel The Prince and Betty (1912). The US version has a very different plot closely based on the earlier novel Psmith, Journalist (serialised 1909-1910, book version 1915). We touch lightly on the US version but the main discussion of it will follow in the episode on Psmith, Journalist.Alexander's own podcast is Forgotten TownsOther Wodehouse works mentionedPsmith, JournalistThe Swoop"The Good Angel" (AKA "The Matrimonial Sweepstakes")A Gentleman of LeisurePsmith in the CityThe Prizegiving scene in Right Ho, JeevesThe Steggles stories in The Inimitable JeevesThe J. Washburn Stoker character in Thank You, JeevesAlso mentionedMills and BoonBoris KarloffEllaline TerrissSeymour HicksThe Monégasque Revolution of 1910Carry On FilmsStephen Leacock, "Gertrude the Governess"Mary Shelley, FrankensteinYes MinisterYe Olde Cheshire CheeseKigeli V Ndahindurwa of RwandaReference works consultedDaniel H. Garrison and Neil Midkiff, Who's Who in Wodehouse (Third Expanded Edition)Neil Midkiff's notes on the different versions at Madame Eulalie's Rare PlumsNorman Murphy, A Wodehouse HandbookSophie Ratcliffe, P. G. Wodehouse: A Life in LettersWodehousekeeping Podcast linksWodehousekeeping on BlueskyWodehousekeeping on FacebookBuy me a coffee on Ko-fiemail: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.