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Bolton, Guy (Reginald)
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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Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Bolton, Guy (Reginald)." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Bolton, Guy (Reginald)." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-BoltonGuyReginald.html Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Bolton, Guy (Reginald)." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-BoltonGuyReginald.html |
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Bolton, Guy
Bolton, Guy, see MUSICAL COMEDY.
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PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Bolton, Guy." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Bolton, Guy." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O79-BoltonGuy.html PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Bolton, Guy." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O79-BoltonGuy.html |
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