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 attendedLondon University.^[1][2]

Under thenoms de plumePatrick Quentin,Q. Patrick andJonathan Stagge, Wheeler was the author or co-author of manymystery novels and short stories. In 1963, his 1961 collection,The Ordeal of Mrs. Snow was given a SpecialEdgar Award by theMystery Writers of America. He won the Tony Award and theDrama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical in 1973 and 1974 for his books for the musicalsA Little Night Music andCandide, and won both again in 1979 for his book forSweeney Todd.

Wheeler is credited as "research consultant" for the filmCabaret, though numerous sources list him as co-writer of the screenplay, and even ultimately responsible for the shooting script (WGA regulations would have had to have been challenged to give him a writing credit on screen.)^[3][4]

A resident ofMonterey, Massachusetts, Wheeler died fromrespiratory failure andheart failure atBerkshire Medical Center inPittsfield, Massachusetts, on 26 July 1987, aged 75.^[2][5][6]

• Candide (1973)
• Irene (new libretto) (1973)
• A Little Night Music (1973)
• Truckload (musical) (1975)
• Pacific Overtures ("additional material") (1976)
• Sweeney Todd (1979) (based on a version of the play by Christopher Bond)
• The Little Prince and the Aviator (1982)
• Meet Me in St. Louis (1989)

• Big Fish, Little Fish (1961)
• Look, We've Come Through (1961)
• We Have Always Lived in the Castle (1966)

• Something for Everyone (1970)
• Travels with My Aunt (1972)
• A Little Night Music (1978)
• Nijinsky (1980)

• The Crippled Muse (1951)

• Hugh Wheeler at theInternet Broadway Database
• Hugh Wheeler atIMDb
• Hugh Wheeler at theInternet Off-Broadway Database (archived)

• 1912 births
• 1987 deaths
• 20th-century American novelists
• 20th-century American dramatists and playwrights
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• 20th-century English dramatists and playwrights
• Alumni of the University of London
• American mystery writers
• American musical theatre librettists
• Deaths from congestive heart failure in the United States
• Deaths from respiratory failure in the United States
• Drama Desk Award winners
• Edgar Award winners
• English emigrants to the United States
• English musical theatre librettists
• English mystery writers
• Naturalized citizens of the United States
• People from Hampstead
• Tony Award winners
• Writers from London

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