Editing Summer Lightning (section)

==Adaptations==

The novel has twice been adapted as a film, with the 1933 version ''[[Summer Lightning (film)|Summer Lightning]]'' directed by [[Maclean Rogers]].<ref>Taves (2006), p. 161.</ref> A 1938 [[Cinema of Sweden|Swedish]] adaptation, under the title ''[[Thunder and Lightning (1938 film)|Thunder and Lightning]]'', was directed by [[Anders Henrikson]] and starred [[Olof Winnerstrand]] and his wife [[Frida Winnerstrand]].<ref>Taves (2006), p. 168.</ref>

In 1987, the book was adapted as a radio drama in the ''[[Blandings (radio series)|Blandings]]'' radio series.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/78c92a8d394a45a3853deda579d62954 |title=Blandings (Summer Lightning Part 1) |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2019 |website=BBC Genome |publisher=BBC |access-date=26 August 2019}}</ref>

A stage play, adapted by [[Giles Havergal]], was first performed at [[Glasgow]]'s [[Citizens Theatre]] in 1992;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsH/havergal-giles.html|title=Works of Giles Havergal at ''Doollee.com''}}</ref> a 1998 revival starred [[Helen Baxendale]] as Sue Brown.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/56/Helen-Baxendale.html|title=Helen Baxendale biography at ''filmreference.com''}}</ref> The play was performed at [[Keswick, Cumbria|Keswick]]'s ''Theatre by the Lake'' in 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/24622/summer-lightning|title=Review of the 2009 revival in ''The Stage''}}</ref>

The novel was dramatised by Archie Scottney for BBC Radio 4 in 2010, with [[Charles Dance]] as Galahad Threepwood, [[Patricia Hodge]] as Lady Constance, [[Martin Jarvis (actor)|Martin Jarvis]] as Lord Emsworth, and [[Ian Ogilvy]] as the narrator.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00swkc1 |title=Classic Serial, PG Wodehouse - Summer Lightning |date=2019 |website=BBC Radio 4 |access-date=26 August 2019}}</ref>