Hugh 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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