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Hugh Wheeler

HUGH WHEELER

  (1912 - 1987)
Nationality:    USA
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Literary Agent:    n/a

aka Patrick Quentin

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below is a list of Hugh Wheeler's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Big Fish, Little Fish         Candide         Gatsby         Irene         Little Night Music, A         Look! We've Come Through!         Meet Me in St Louis         Rich Little Rich Girl         Sweeney Todd         Upstairs/Downstairs         We Have Always Lived In the Castle

Big Fish, Little Fish

Synopsis:
In this case the Big Fish is a former professor of great promise whose career went to pot when a trustee's daughter committed suicide, leaving a note that compromised him. Since then he has lived in the oblivion of an insignificant research job, maintaining an apartment which has become the nesting place of an incredible assortment of friends. there is somebody's wife from Conshohocken, Pa., with whom he has had an affair for 20 years, an old-maidish gentlemen who teaches art, a dyspeptic and presumptuous ex-publisher, and a young and highly successful author . . . . these people all love him in their divergent ways, and it is this affection upon which he feeds and upon which, conversely, they are equally dependent. So strong is this mutual bond that when he is offered a permanent job which will take him abroad the sycophants rise in fierce indignation, and it is only the persuasion of the young novelist which induces him to leave his complacent rut. the final episodes of the play bring the realization that in

Notes:
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1st Produced:
New York    1961

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Random House, New York, 1961   -

Music:
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Genre:
Modern Drama Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Candide

Candide
Candide is banished for romancing the daughter of the Baron. In exile he faces many troubles

Notes:
Music by Leonard Bernstein; Book by Lillian Hellman; Lyrics by Richard Wilbur, John La Touche And Dorothy Parker; Based on the novel "Candide" by Voltaire

1st Produced:
Martin Beck Theatre, NY    1956

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Random House (1957)   B001F3IG6G

Music:
Original cast recording: Columbia (38732) 1956

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Gatsby

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Music by Lee Pockriss; lyrics by Corolyn Lee; book by Hugh Wheeler. Based on the novel "the Great Gatesby" by F Scott Fitzgerald

1st Produced:
Peter Norton Space, New York    30 Sep 2011

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Published under the title: "the Great Gatesby" by Artie Shaw Presents, New York 1970   -

Music:
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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Irene

Irene
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Notes:
Music by Harry Tierney; lyrics by Joseph McCarthy; book by Joseph Stein; Hugh Wheeler. Based on original book of "Irene" by James Montgomery

1st Produced:
Minskoff Theatre, New York    13 Mar 1973

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
Broadway cast recording: Sony Classical 2011

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Little Night Music, A

Little Night Music, A
This tells of middle-aged actress Desiree Armfeldt's attempts to rid herself of one lover in order to marry another

Notes:
Music by Stephen Sondheim; Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim; Book by Hugh Wheeler; Suggested by the film "Smiles of A Summer Night" by Ingmar Bergman

1st Produced:
Shubert Theatre, NY    1973

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Nick Hern Books, London
Applause books, NY (2000)   978-1854591074

Music:
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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  11            Other:  -

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Look! We've Come Through!

Synopsis:
Belle is not very attractive - she has stringy hair, is myoptic and wears thick glasses. A young man was going to take her to see the movie "Ivan the Terrible" but he doesn't turn up. But Bobby, a closeted gay guy does and this is the start of a friendship.

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1st Produced:
New York    1961

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, NY, 1963   -

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy Drama Comedy. - - Gay, full length

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Meet Me in St Louis

Synopsis:
Based on stories by Sally Benson and the classic 1944 MGM film, Meet Me In St. Louis tells the story of the Smith family as they eagerly anticipate the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis. Optimism and young love are severely tested and of course finally triumph as the story unfolds with the background of the Great Louisiana Purchase Exhibition never far from the hearts and minds of the Smith Family. Songs include "the Trolley Song," "the Boy Next Door," and "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,"
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Notes:
book by Hugh Wheeler; music And lyrics by Hugh Martin And Ralph Blane

1st Produced:
Irish Repertory Theatre, NY    2006

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
140 min Musical

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Rich Little Rich Girl

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Original Playwright - Alvaro de Laiglesia

1st Produced:
Philadelphia    1964

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Sweeney Todd

Sweeney Todd
Setting: the 19th Century. London. Fleet Street and environs

Notes:
Music by Stephen Sondheim; Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim; Book by Hugh Wheeler; Based on A version of "Sweeney Todd" by Christopher Bond

1st Produced:
Uris Theatre, NY    1979

Organisations:
UnSung Musicals Company Inc

1st Published:
Contained in: "Best Plays 1978 -1979" published by Dodd Mead   -

Music:
Original Broadway cast: RCA (3379) 1979

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  large cast

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Upstairs/Downstairs

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Music by Burton Lane; lyrics by Sheldon Harnick; book by Hugh Wheeler Based on the television series "Upstairs, Downstairs" created by Jean Marsh and Eileen Atkins

1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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We Have Always Lived In the Castle

Synopsis:
the unbalanced Merricat and the feeble Uncle Julian are looked after by Merricat's sister Constance. the rest of the family have been murdered by arsenic poisoning. Constance was charged but acquitted. A cousin, Charles arrives and tries to persuade Constance to have Uncle Julian and MEricat committed.

Notes:
Based on the novel by Shirley Jackson

1st Produced:
Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York    1966

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, NY, 1967   -

Music:
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Genre:
Adaptation

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

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