Summer Lightning

The fall brings season brings three more antic selections from comic genius, P. G. Wodehouse. In Summer Lightning, the Honorable Galahad Threepwood has decided to write his memoirs and everyone dives for cover; meanwhile, Lord Emsworth's prize pig has been stolen, and the castle is abuzz with imposters all pretending to be one another.

At Blandings Castle, Lord Emsworth’s brother Sir Galahad Threepwood is penning his memoirs, much to the horror of his overbearing sister, Lady Constance, who fears salacious tales of his salad days will shame the family. She convinces Baxter, Lord Emsworth’s former secretary, to return to Blandings to steal the memoirs. Also at the Castle is Ronnie Fish, who’s hoping to get money from Emsworth in order to marry his chorus girl sweetie, Sue. But the best laid schemes of memoir-stealing and marriage-funding gamely go awry. Not one to be easily deterred, Ronnie secretly kidnaps Lord Emsworth’s prize pig in order to claim the reward. Baxter, though, is certain that Emsworth’s current secretary has stolen the pig as a sort of porcine job insurance. Soon, Blandings is awash in private detectives, broken engagements, and mistaken identities. Martin Jarvis’ nimble reading adds to the hilarity of this classic Wodehouse farce.

Clarence, 9th Earl of Emsworth, is preoccupied with his prizewinning pig, the Empress of Blandings, and the upcoming Agricultural show, while the news that his brother, Galahad Threepwood is writing his memoirs, has many aging aristrocrats worried Madness ensues when the Honourable Galahad Threepwood decides to write his memoirs, not to mention all the imposters running around Blandings Castle and Lord Emsworth's stolen pig