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Hugh Wheeler

 
American Theater Guide: Hugh [Callingham] Wheeler
 

Wheeler, Hugh [Callingham] (1912–87), playwright. The London‐born dramatist had been an established novelist before turning to the theatre. His first produced play, Big Fish, Little Fish (1961), was a highly praised study of the parasitic people surrounding an easygoing man. He had less success with his Look, We've Come Through (1961) and We Have Always Lived in the Castle (1966). Turning to musicals, he wrote the book for A Little Night Music (1973), revised the book for the 1973 revival of Candide and did some play doctoring on the musicals Half a Sixpence (1965), Irene (1973), Pacific Overtures (1975), and Meet Me in St. Louis (1989). But Wheeler's crowning achievement is his book for the musical thriller Sweeney Todd (1979).

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Hugh Callingham Wheeler (19 March 1912 - 26 July 1987) was a Tony Award-winning English-born playwright, screenwriter, librettist, poet, and translator. He resided in the United States from 1934 until his death and became a naturalized citizen in 1942. He had attended the London University.[1][2]

Under the noms de plume Patrick Quentin, Q. Patrick and Jonathan Stagge, Wheeler was the author of many mystery novels and short stories. In 1963, his collection The Ordeal of Mrs. Snow was given a Special Edgar Award by the Mystery Writers of America.

Wheeler won the Tony Award and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical in 1973 and 1974 for his books for the musicals A Little Night Music and Candide (operetta), and won both again in 1979 for his book for Sweeney Todd.

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Additional stage musical credits

Plays

Screenplays

Novels

  • The Crippled Muse (1951)
Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Thomas Meehan
for Annie
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical
1978-1979
for Sweeney Todd
Succeeded by
none

References

  1. ^ Biography and creditsfilmreference.com, accessed May 28, 2009
  2. ^ Hampton, Wilborn.ObituaryNew York Times, July 28, 1987

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