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Guy Bolton

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Book Writer 1884–1979

Guy Reginald Bolton (23 November 1884 – 4 September 1979) was an Anglo-American playwright and writer of musical comedies. Born in England and educated in France and the US, he trained as an architect but turned to writing. Bolton preferred working in collaboration with others, principally the English writers P. G. Wodehouse and Fred Thompson, with whom he wrote 21 and 14 shows respectively, and the American playwright George Middleton, with whom he wrote ten shows. Among his other collaborators in Britain were George Grossmith Jr., Ian Hay and Weston and Lee. In the US, he worked with George and Ira Gershwin, Kalmar and Ruby and Oscar Hammerstein II. Bolton is best known for his early work…

Also credited on19 works

Ankles Aweigh
Anya
Anything Goes
Crazy for You
Daffy Dill
Follow The Girls
Girl Crazy
Lady, Be Good!
Leave It to Jane
Oh, Boy!
Oh, Kay!
Oh, Lady! Lady!
Rosalie
Sally
Simple Simon
Sitting Pretty
Tip-Toes
Very Good Eddie
Anything Goes

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In the literature8 passages

  • Source: Original book by Guy Bolton and P. G. Wodehouse, revised by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse.ebooks/Block, Geoffrey/Enchanted Evenings_The Broadway Musical from 'Show Boat' to Sondheim and Lloyd Webber - Geoffrey Block.txt
  • Ankles Aweigh was a reunion of sorts for lyricist Dan Shapiro and book writers Guy Bolton and Eddie Davis, all of whom had collaborated on the 1944 hit musical Follow the Girls . Perhaps Ankles Aweigh ’s Spud and Dinky were a subtle homage (and a subtle sequel) to the earlier musical’s sailor-characters Goofy, Spud, and Dinky.ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Book writer Joe DiPietro, according to the credits, was “inspired by material by Guy Bolton and P. G. Wodehouse.” He mostly raided their 1926 hit Oh, Kay! in which the title character and her brother, both British emigrés, were broke and turned to bootlegging. They stored their liquor in a deserted Long Island manse which, they later lear…ebooks/Filichia, Peter/Strippers, Showgirls, and Sharks - Peter Filichia.txt
  • For Oh, Boy! , their third Princess Theatre Musical and the third longest running book musical of the 1910’s, Jerome Kern and Guy Bolton were joined by British humorist P. G. Wodehouse, who helped give the characters the flavor of transplanted silly-ass Englishmen. Again the settings were modern and modest, the songs fitted the story, and…ebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • Book: Timothy Crouse & John Weidman based on original by P. G. Wodehouse & Guy Bolton, Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouseebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • Book: Ken Ludwig; co-conceived by Ken Ludwig and Mike Ockrent; inspired by material by Guy Bolton and John McGowanebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt

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