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HUGH WHEELER (1912 - 1987) |
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Nationality: USA Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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aka Patrick Quentin
Plays by Hugh Wheeler
Big Fish, Little Fish | ||
| 1st Produced: | New York | 1961 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Random House, New York, 1961 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #36841 | |||
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Genre: | Modern Drama Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 2 | ||
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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 | |||||
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Candide | ||
| 1st Produced: | Broadway Theatre, NY | 1974 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent, where listed, at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #67752 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Music by Leonard Bernstein; Lyrics by Richard Wilbur; Book adapted by Hugh Wheeler; Based on the novel "Candide" by Voltaire; Additional lyrics by John La Touche and Leonard Bernstein | |||||
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Little Night Music, A | ||
| 1st Produced: | Shubert Theatre, NY | 1973 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Nick Hern Books, London | ISBN/ASIN: | 9781854591074 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #66355 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 11 | ||
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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 | |||||
| This tells of middle-aged actress Desiree Armfeldt's attempts to rid herself of one lover in order to marry another | |||||
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Look! We've Come Through! | ||
| 1st Produced: | New York | 1961 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, NY, 1963 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #36842 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy Drama Comedy. - - Gay, full length | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 2 | ||
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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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Meet Me in St Louis | ||
| 1st Produced: | Irish Repertory Theatre, NY | 2006 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent, where listed, at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #61948 | |||
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Genre: | 140 min Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | book by Hugh Wheeler; music and lyrics by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane | |||||
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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Rich Little Rich Girl | ||
| 1st Produced: | Philadelphia | 1964 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent, where listed, at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #36843 | |||
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Notes: | Original Playwright - Alvaro de Laiglesia | |||||
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Sweeney Todd | ||
| 1st Produced: | Uris Theatre, NY | 1979 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Contained in: "Best Plays 1978 -1979" published by Dodd Mead | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | Original Broadway cast: RCA (3379) 1979 | doollee no | #20061 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | large cast | |||||
Notes: | Music by Stephen Sondheim; Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim; Book by Hugh Wheeler; Based on a version of "Sweeney Todd" by Christopher Bond | |||||
Synopsis: | Setting: The 19th Century. London. Fleet Street and environs | |||||
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We Have Always Lived In the Castle | ||
| 1st Produced: | Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York | 1966 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, NY, 1967 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #36844 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 3 | ||
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Notes: | Based on the novel by Shirley Jackson | |||||
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. | |||||
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