Hugh Wheeler

For the British general, see Hugh Wheeler (East India Company officer). For the Archdeacon of Lahore, see Hugh Wheeler (priest).

Hugh Wheeler
Born(1912-03-19)19 March 1912
London, England
Died26 July 1987(1987-07-26) (aged 75)
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, US
Occupation
  • Novelist
  • screenwriter
  • dramatist
  • poet
Citizenship
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
Alma materUniversity of London

Hugh Callingham Wheeler (19 March 1912 – 26 July 1987) was a British-American novelist, screenwriter, librettist, poet and translator. Born in London, he moved to the United States as a young man, and became a naturalized citizen in 1942. He had attended London University.[1][2]

Under the nom de plume Patrick Quentin, Q. Patrick and Jonathan Stagge, Wheeler was the author or co-author of many mystery novels and short stories. In 1963, his 1961 collection, The Ordeal of Mrs. Snow was given a Special Edgar Award by the Mystery Writers of America. He won the Tony Award and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical in 1973 and 1974 for his books for the musicals A Little Night Music and Candide, and won both again in 1979 for his book for Sweeney Todd.

Wheeler is credited as "research consultant" for the film Cabaret, though numerous sources list him as co-writer of the screenplay.[3][4]

A resident of Monterey, Massachusetts, Wheeler died from respiratory failure and heart failure at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, on 26 July 1987, aged 75.[2][5][6]

  1. ^ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
  2. ^ a b Hampton, Wilborn."Hugh Wheeler, Award Winning Playwright", New York Times, 28 July 1987.
  3. ^ Kemp, Peter H. "Cabaret: Senses of Cinema". Archive.sensesofcinema.com. Archived from the original on 25 December 2010. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
  4. ^ Kael, Pauline (1991). 5001 Nights at the Movies. Henry Holt and Company, LLC. ISBN 9780805013672. Retrieved 27 August 2010.
  5. ^ Hugh Wheeler at the Internet Broadway Database
  6. ^ "Hugh Wheeler Dies; Wrote Books, Musicals". Los Angeles Times. Associated Press. 1 August 1987. Retrieved 11 October 2024.