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Richard Stilgoe

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LyricistBook Writer b. 1943

Sir Richard Henry Simpson Stilgoe (born 28 March 1943) is a British songwriter, lyricist and musician, and broadcaster who is best known for his humorous songs and frequent television appearances. His output includes collaborations with Andrew Lloyd Webber and Peter Skellern. He is also a keen puzzler who has hosted several quiz shows and written several books on the subject. In the 1980s, he founded the Alchemy Foundation which is funded from his royalties from the American productions of Starlight Express and The Phantom of the Opera. He is patron of the Surrey Care Trust in Woking. In the late 1990s he founded the Orpheus Centre which offers performing arts experiences to young people wit…

Also credited on3 works

Starlight Express
The Phantom of the Opera
CATS: The Jellicle Ball

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In the literature8 passages

  • THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (Songs by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Charles Hart and Richard Stilgoe)ebooks/Citron, Stephen/Musical From the Inside Out, The - Stephen Citron.txt
  • “If you are what you eat, then Richard Stilgoe must eat a lot of arseholes.”—a UK TELEVISION COMEDIAN on the lyricist of Starlight Expressebooks/Hadleigh, Boze/Broadway Babylon - Boze Hadleigh.txt
  • John Simon in New York magazine called Phantom a terrific technical achievement but felt the story as Richard Stilgoe and Andrew Lloyd Webber had adapted it "is hard to follow and harder to care about ... lacking genuine emotion, sensitivity, soul."40 He said that Prince's direction provided "stylishness and razzmatazz, ingenuity and wit.…ebooks/Ilson, Carol/Harold Prince_ A Director's Journey - Carol Ilson.txt
  • Starlight Express (1984, lyrics by Richard Stilgoe, story by Andrew Lloyd Webber)ebooks/Music, The Cambridge Companion To The Musical Cambridge Companions To/Cambridge Companion to the Musical (Cambridge Companions to Music), The - The Cambridge Companion To The Musical Cambridge Companions To Music.txt
  • The Phantom of the Opera (1986, lyrics by Charles Hart, book by Richard Stilgoe, based on the novel by Gaston Leroux, film version 2004)ebooks/Music, The Cambridge Companion To The Musical Cambridge Companions To/Cambridge Companion to the Musical (Cambridge Companions to Music), The - The Cambridge Companion To The Musical Cambridge Companions To Music.txt
  • The Really Useful Group Ltd: ‘All I Ask Of You’ (from Phantom of the Opera ) (music: Andrew Lloyd Webber; lyrics: Charles Hart; additional lyrics: Richard Stilgoe), © 1986 The Really Useful Group Ltd, London. All Rights Reserved. International Copyright Secured; ‘This Time Next Year’ (from Sunset Boulevard ) (music: Andrew Lloyd Webber; l…ebooks/Steyn, Mark/Broadway Babies Say Goodnight_ Musicals Then and Now - Mark Steyn.txt

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