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SANDY WILSON
(1924 - 2014)
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Sandy Wilson (Alexander Galbraith Wilson), composer, lyricist, and playwright, born 19 May 1924; died 27 August 2014. Achieved his greatest success while still in his 20s and what a success it was. In the 1950s, The Boy Friend ran for more than five years at Wyndham's theatre in London and spent more than a year on Broadway. When it opened in the West End, in January 1954, it was revolutionary, a totally new and different kind of musical.
Research: papers in the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin
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Aladdin
Abanazar in Morocco conjures up spirits to tell him how he may obtain a Magic Lantern. they tell him that the only one who can get it is a washerwoman's son - Aladdin - and he is in Peking, China
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Music And lyrics by Sandy Wilson
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Original cast recording: President (PTLS-1072) 1979
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As Dorothy Parker Once Said
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1st Produced:
- 1969
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Boy Friend, The
Set in the 1920s on the French Riviera, Polly Browne, a millionaire's daughter, tries to escape the stern influence of her Father and find true love; but when she falls for Tony the delivery boy - and so pretends to be a mere workinggirl herself - matters become rather complicated!
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book, music And lyrics by Sandy Wilson
1st Produced:
Player's Theatre, London 14 Apr 1953
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1st Published:
Samuel French Ltd, London, 1961 -
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Original cast recording: HMV (SEPIA 1042) 1954
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Musical
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Male: - Female: - Other: large cast
Further Reference:
Wearing - the London Stage 54.8
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Buccaneer, The
A failing boys comic is taken over by an American publisher and modernised
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1st Produced:
New Watergate Theatre, London 08 Sep 1953
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Original cast recording: Sepia (CLP-1064) 1953
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Male: 6 Female: 8 Other: with doubling
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Wearing - the London Stage 55.175
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Call It Love
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by Robert Tanitch; Music And lyrics by Sandy Wilson
1st Produced:
Wyndham's Theatre, London 1960
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Original cast recording: Bayview (RNBW004) 1960
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Caprice
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Music by Geoffrey Wright; lyrics by Sandy Wilson; book by Michael Pertwee
1st Produced:
- 1950
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Clapham Wonder, The
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based on the novel The Vet's Daughter by Barbara Comyns Carr
1st Produced:
- 1978
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Divorce Me, Darling
Ten years after the events of "the Boyfriend". Dulcie, Fay and Nancy arrive at the Hotel du Paradis in Nice. they have left their French husbands telling them that they are going to holiday in London - but plan a spree in Nice. Hortense is now the receptionist at the hotel she tells them that a mysterious cabaret star will be performing that night - Madame K. Polly arrives - she has left Tony working on the estate in England. She meets Bobby and they plan to have dinner. Madame K arrives and confides to Hortense that she is in fact Mme Dubonnet - she had secretly married Polly's Father but he fled to South America after the stock market crash - and as she is short of money she has become a cabaret singer. Alphonse, Pierre and Marcel arrive. With their wives in London they have also come on a spree to Nice. Next to arrive is the president of the South American country of Monomania with his assistant Percy. Percy is really Polly's Father in disguise. the president who looks a lot like Percy instructs him to change clothes and pretend to be the president whilst he goes on a spree too
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Music And lyrics by Sandy Wilson sequel to the Boy Friend
1st Produced:
Players Theatre, London 09 Dec 1964
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Original cast recording: TER (1077) 1964
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His Monkey Wife
about a man's relationship with a female chimp
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Music And lyrics by Sandy Wilson.
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Original cast recording: President (PTLS-1051) 1971
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Oranges And lemons
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part of Laurier Lister's Oranges and Lemons
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London -
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part of revue
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Pieces Of Eight
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sketch in "Pieces of Eight"
1st Produced:
Oxford: New Theatre 31 Aug 1959
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Wearing - the London Stage 59.203
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Sandy Wilson Thanks the Ladies
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1st Produced:
- 1971
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one man show
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See You Again
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1st Produced:
- 1951
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See You Later
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- 1952
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Slings And Arrows
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part of Hermione Gingold's Slings and Arrows
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London -
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Valmouth
Captain Dick Thoroughfare's mother is concerned about his marital prospects. Captain Dick is abroad and is dallying with a black woman - Niri-Esther - and also with his chum Jack Whorgood. When he arrives back home he brings Niri-Esther and their child with him. they have not married and Niri-Esther is pregnant as well
Notes:
Music And lyrics by Sandy Wilson. Based on the novel "Valmouth" by Ronald Firbank (1919)
1st Produced:
Liverpool: New Shakespeare. 16 Sep 1958
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1st Published:
Samuel French Ltd, London, -
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Original cast recording: Pye (18029) 1958
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Genre:
Musical. - - Gay/Lesbian musical
Parts:
Male: 9 Female: 13 Other: -
Further Reference:
Wearing - the London Stage 58.262 / 59.20
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