Bolton, Guy (Reginald)
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Bolton, Guy [Reginald] (1884–1979), playwright. Born in England to American parents, he studied architecture, which he practiced briefly before turning to playwriting. Although Bolton is best remembered as the librettist of innumerable successful musicals, he also has several important straight comedies among his credits. With P. G.
Wodehouse, he scripted
Oh, Boy! (1917),
Leave It to Jane (1917),
Oh, Lady! Lady!! (1918),
Oh, Kay! (1926), and
Anything Goes. Bolton's other frequent collaborator was writer Fred
Thompson, with whom he wrote
Lady, Be Good! (1924),
Tip‐Toes (1925),
Rio Rita (1927),
The Five O'Clock Girl (1927), and
Follow the Girls (1944). His other works include
Hit‐the‐Trail Holliday (1915), written with George
Middleton and George M.
Cohan;
Very Good Eddie (1915), with Philip Bartholomae;
Polly with a Past (1917), with Middleton;
Adam and Eva (1919), with Middleton;
Sally (1920);
Polly Preferred (1923);
The Ramblers (1926), with Bert Kalmar and Harry
Ruby;
Simple Simon (1930), with Ed
Wynn; and
Girl Crazy (1930), with Jack
McGowan (1934). Bolton's last Broadway show was
Anya (1965), a musical version of his previously successful adaptation from the French,
Anastasia (1954). His main claim to fame may well be the literate, witty, and cohesive librettos he created for the
Princess Theatre shows between 1915 and 1918. Far advanced for their time, in combination with Wodehouse's brilliant lyrics and
Kern's superior melodies, they helped move an adolescent genre to maturity. Autobiography:
Bring on the Girls! The Improbable Story of Our Life in Musical Comedy, with Wodehouse, 1953.
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Persian wild ass see onager .
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