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==Adaptations== The story was adapted into a play, also titled ''[[Leave It to Psmith (play)|Leave It to Psmith]]'', by Wodehouse and [[Ian Hay]]. It opened at the [[Shaftesbury Theatre]] in London on 29 September 1930 and ran for 156 performances.<ref>McIlvaine (1990), p. 305, section J41.</ref> The film ''[[Leave It to Me (1933 film)|Leave It to Me]]'' (1933) was adapted from the 1930 play based on the novel. A [[radio drama]] based on the novel was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1981. Dramatised by [[Michael Bakewell]], it features [[John Gielgud]] narrating as P. G. Wodehouse, [[Michael Hordern]] as Lord Emsworth, [[Joan Greenwood]] as Lady Constance, [[Simon Ward]] as Psmith, and [[Caroline Langrishe]] as Eve.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/3d6d085eb273487f9031f4ed46f32086 |title=Saturday-Night Theatre: Leave it to Psmith |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2008 |publisher=BBC Genome Project |access-date=22 March 2018 }}</ref> A 1988 Indian television ten-episode serial titled ''Isi Bahane'' (''On This Excuse'') was based on the novel and aired on [[DD National]]. The serial was produced by [[Doordarshan]].<ref>Taves (2006) p. 188.</ref> The novel was dramatised for radio by Archie Scottney, with [[Martin Jarvis (actor)|Martin Jarvis]] as Lord Emsworth, [[Patricia Hodge]] as Constance, [[Edward Bennett (actor)|Edward Bennett]] as Psmith, and [[Susannah Fielding]] as Eve. The adaptation aired on BBC Radio 4 in May 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000j7qj|publisher=BBC Radio 4|year=2020|title=Leave it to Psmith: 1. Poets at Blandings|access-date=17 May 2020}}</ref>
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