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The shapes we take don't fit the games you play
"Peter had succeeded in getting his pipe to draw, and, with both hands in his trouser-pockets, was observing the actors in the drama with an air of pleased detachment."
—Dorothy L. Sayers, Busman's Honeymoon (1937)
"Well, now you have me. It's that thing called charm. Without it, there is a not particularly personable, slightly skinny gent in an old loose tweed jacket and trousers with a patch on the seat and tortoise-rimmed glasses, pulling on a blunt pipe. With it, there is Leslie Howard."
—Ruth Rankin, "Leslie Howard – Perennial Charmer" (1936)
I still can't believe Busman's Honeymoon was filmed in the UK in 1940 when Leslie Howard was still alive and didn't star him. Every now and then I consider subjecting myself to it because I imagine Robert Newton was an ideal Frank Crutchley and then I remember everything else I have ever read or heard about it and I just re-read the novel.
—Dorothy L. Sayers, Busman's Honeymoon (1937)
"Well, now you have me. It's that thing called charm. Without it, there is a not particularly personable, slightly skinny gent in an old loose tweed jacket and trousers with a patch on the seat and tortoise-rimmed glasses, pulling on a blunt pipe. With it, there is Leslie Howard."
—Ruth Rankin, "Leslie Howard – Perennial Charmer" (1936)
I still can't believe Busman's Honeymoon was filmed in the UK in 1940 when Leslie Howard was still alive and didn't star him. Every now and then I consider subjecting myself to it because I imagine Robert Newton was an ideal Frank Crutchley and then I remember everything else I have ever read or heard about it and I just re-read the novel.
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Oh, my God, "The Adventurous Exploit of the Cave of Ali Baba." I had forgotten about that one entirely. The Wimsey short stories are, in the main, buck wild, and except for the last few with Harriet and the children I have never been certain how they are even meant to interact with the novel canon. You're right that the timeline . . . doesn't. On the other hand, "The Incredible Elopement of Lord Peter Wimsey" made me want to memorize at least some of the Catalogue of the Ships.
(As far as contemporary casting goes, I think Paul Bettany might do all right at it. Like he's slightly too standard-hot but he could pull it off.)
I had not even slightly considered Bettany, but since I saw him first in Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) where I suspect he was hot only by my standards, I will take your suggestion under advisement.
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I think you should absolutely request this for Yuletide, because the prospect of Peter investigating a murder while—at least part of the time—officially dead is not logistically sillier than the prospect of Peter investigating a murder while—at least part of the time—successfully maintaining a double life.
(I forgot until this comment that he wears horn-rims while being Mr. Bredon. Damn it, Leslie Howard.)
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Wow. Also, thank you.