Alexander Galbraith "Sandy" Wilson was an English composer and lyricist, best known for his musical The Boy Friend.
11 Facts About Sandy Wilson
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Sandy Wilson was thus one of the so-called 'Dulwich Boys' who studied at SOAS and boarded at Dulwich College.
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Sandy Wilson was one of the few not to complete the course and he subsequently served in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps in Great Britain, Egypt and Iraq.
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Sandy Wilson wrote the book, music and lyrics for The Boy Friend for the Players' Theatre in 1953.
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Sandy Wilson wrote the musical Valmouth in 1958, based on a Ronald Firbank novel set in a seaside resort.
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Sandy Wilson's last work was a version of Aladdin for the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith.
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Sandy Wilson's autobiography, published in 1975, is titled I Could Be Happy.
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Sandy Wilson died in Taunton, England in 2014, aged 90.
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Sandy Wilson was a member of the Labour Party and contributed to the Elizabethan magazine during his years of greatest fame.
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In 1999, Sandy Wilson donated his papers to the Harry Ransom Center.
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The papers include produced and unproduced plays, mostly musicals but plays for stage and TV, as well as drafts of Sandy Wilson's published and unpublished works including an autobiography, illustrated book, novels, articles, and short stories, along with correspondence.