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Sandy Wilson (born May 19, 1924) is an English
England

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 composer
Composer

A composer is a person who creates music, usually in the medium of musical notation, for interpretation and performance. The level of distinction between composers and other musicians varies, which affects issues such as copyright and the deference given to individual interpretations of a particular piece of music....
 and lyricist
Lyricist

A lyricist is a writer who specializes in song lyrics, usually paid for by a band to write a custom song. A singer who writes the lyrics to songs is a singer-lyricist....
, best known for his musical, The Boy Friend
The Boy Friend

The Boy Friend is a musical theater by Sandy Wilson. The musical was written at a time when the United Kingdom was still recovering from the devastating effects of World War II and is set in the carefree world of the French Riviera in the Roaring 1920s, a similar period of peace and gradual recovery after the rigours of World War I....
 (1953).

on was born Alexander Galbraith Wilson in Sale, Greater Manchester
Sale, Greater Manchester

Sale is a town within the Trafford, in Greater Manchester, England. It lies on flat ground on the south bank of the River Mersey, south of Stretford, northeast of Altrincham, and southwest of the city of Manchester....
, and was educated at Harrow School
Harrow School

Harrow School, commonly known as "Harrow", is a world-famous boys' independent school in United Kingdom. Harrow has educated boys since 1243 but was officially founded by John Lyon under a Royal Charter of Elizabeth I in 1572....
 and Oriel College, Oxford. During the war he served in the Royal Ordnance Corps in Great Britain, Egypt and Iraq. While at Oxford he wrote revues for the Oxford University Experimental Theatre Club, and then attended the Old Vic Theatre School on a production course.






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Sandy Wilson (born May 19, 1924) is an English
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
 composer
Composer

A composer is a person who creates music, usually in the medium of musical notation, for interpretation and performance. The level of distinction between composers and other musicians varies, which affects issues such as copyright and the deference given to individual interpretations of a particular piece of music....
 and lyricist
Lyricist

A lyricist is a writer who specializes in song lyrics, usually paid for by a band to write a custom song. A singer who writes the lyrics to songs is a singer-lyricist....
, best known for his musical, The Boy Friend
The Boy Friend

The Boy Friend is a musical theater by Sandy Wilson. The musical was written at a time when the United Kingdom was still recovering from the devastating effects of World War II and is set in the carefree world of the French Riviera in the Roaring 1920s, a similar period of peace and gradual recovery after the rigours of World War I....
 (1953).

Biography

Wilson was born Alexander Galbraith Wilson in Sale, Greater Manchester
Sale, Greater Manchester

Sale is a town within the Trafford, in Greater Manchester, England. It lies on flat ground on the south bank of the River Mersey, south of Stretford, northeast of Altrincham, and southwest of the city of Manchester....
, and was educated at Harrow School
Harrow School

Harrow School, commonly known as "Harrow", is a world-famous boys' independent school in United Kingdom. Harrow has educated boys since 1243 but was officially founded by John Lyon under a Royal Charter of Elizabeth I in 1572....
 and Oriel College, Oxford. During the war he served in the Royal Ordnance Corps in Great Britain, Egypt and Iraq. While at Oxford he wrote revues for the Oxford University Experimental Theatre Club, and then attended the Old Vic Theatre School on a production course. Most of his work for the stage was material for revue
Revue

A revue is a type of multi-act popular theatre entertainment that combines music, dance and sketch comedy. The revue has its roots in nineteenth-century American popular entertainment and melodrama, but grew into a substantial cultural presence of its own during its golden years from ca....
s, such as Hermione Gingold's Slings and Arrows, Laurier Lister's Oranges and Lemons, and See You Later, starring such performers as Peter Cook
Peter Cook

Peter Edward Cook was an English people satirist, writer and comedian. He is widely regarded as the leading figure in the British satire boom of the 1960s....
. The Boy Friend
The Boy Friend

The Boy Friend is a musical theater by Sandy Wilson. The musical was written at a time when the United Kingdom was still recovering from the devastating effects of World War II and is set in the carefree world of the French Riviera in the Roaring 1920s, a similar period of peace and gradual recovery after the rigours of World War I....
 for the Players' Theatre was written in 1953.

Musicals

  • Caprice (1950)
  • The Boy Friend
    The Boy Friend

    The Boy Friend is a musical theater by Sandy Wilson. The musical was written at a time when the United Kingdom was still recovering from the devastating effects of World War II and is set in the carefree world of the French Riviera in the Roaring 1920s, a similar period of peace and gradual recovery after the rigours of World War I....
     (1953)
  • The Buccaneer (1955)
  • Valmouth (1958, after the novel Valmouth
    Valmouth

    Valmouth is a 1919 novel by British author Ronald Firbank....
     by Ronald Firbank
    Ronald Firbank

    Arthur Annesley Ronald Firbank was a British novelist....
    )
  • Pieces of Eight (1959)
  • Divorce Me, Darling!
    Divorce Me, Darling!

    Divorce Me, Darling is a musical written by Sandy Wilson. Set ten years after the events depicted in Wilson's much better known The Boy Friend, it is, appropriately, a pastiche of 1930s musicals rather than the "Roaring Twenties" shows that inspired the earlier show....
     (1964)
  • As Dorothy Parker Once Said (1969)
  • His Monkey Wife (1971)
  • The Clapham Wonder (1978, based on the novel The Vet's Daughter
    The Vet's Daughter

    The Vet's Daughter is a 1959 novel by English author Barbara Comyns Carr....
     by Barbara Comyns Carr
    Barbara Comyns Carr

    Barbara Comyns Carr was an English author and artist....
    )
  • Aladdin
    Aladdin (musical)

    Aladdin, is a musical theatre/pantomime written by Sandy Wilson for the inaugural Christmas Pantomime at the newly refurbished Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith....
     (1979)