Fred Thompson

On stage 5 productions, 37 years

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Worked with more than once12 names

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Also credited on6 works

Follow The Girls
Funny Face
Lady, Be Good!
Tell Me More
Tip-Toes
Treasure Girl

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In the literature8 passages

• Alas, when it finally opened on 16 August 1922, it did so in such mutilated form that it surely was not worth the wait. A new English libretto by Fred Thompson and Clifford Grey removed the sauciness of the original, and the score was augmented by Herman Darewski , Nat D. Ayer and even Cole Porter (who contributed a number called “The Rag…ebooks/Atkey, Mel/Million Miles from Broadway_ Musical Theatre Beyond New York and London, A - Mel Atkey.txt
• The Princess-show alumnus Guy Bolton wrote the book to many an Aarons-Freedley title, often with Fred Thompson, as here on Lady, Be Good! . But Bolton did his best work with the other Princess wordsmith, P. G. Wodehouse, on Oh, Kay! , as when Kay (Gertrude Lawrence) complains to the comic (Victor Moore) that her sweetheart is marrying ano…ebooks/Mordden, Ethan/Anything Goes_ A History of American Musical Theatre - Ethan Mordden.txt
• Book-writing in the twenties had been a specialist’s activity: you get Fred Thompson or Guy Bolton or Herbert Fields. These men were consistent and reliable, but only within the narrow demands of a musical comedy book. Rodgers and Hart and Fields were a triumvirate, through Dearest Enemy, The Girl Friend, Peggy-Ann, A Connecticut Yankee,…ebooks/Steyn, Mark/Broadway Babies Say Goodnight_ Musicals Then and Now - Mark Steyn.txt
• With a hook by Guy Bolton and Fred Thompson, Lady, Be Good! tells the story of downand-out brother and sister Dick and Susie Trevor, who help each other unravel the hidden identities of the two people with whom they are in love. Along the way the Astaires got to introduce two songs that became standards, "Oh, Lady Be Good!" and the syncop…ebooks/Viagas, Robert/I'm the Greatest Star_ Broadway's Top Musical Legends from 1900 to Today - Robert Viagas.txt
• Music by Phil Charig; lyrics by Dan Shapiro and Milton Pascal; book by Guy Bolton, Eddie Davis and Fred Thompsonebooks/Wright, Adrian/West End Broadway_ The Golden Age of the American Musical in London - Adrian Wright.txt
• Music by George Gershwin; lyrics by Ira Gershwin; book by Guy Bolton and Fred Thompsonebooks/Wright, Adrian/West End Broadway_ The Golden Age of the American Musical in London - Adrian Wright.txt

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