Fred Thompson

b. 24 January 1884, London, England, d. 10 April 1949, London, England. Unusually for a librettist of the period, Thompson enjoyed considerable success both in London's West End and on New York's Broadway. In the late 10s and early 20s, he worked on many shows, often in collaboration, such as Tonight's The Night (1914), The Bing Boys Are Here (1916, in collaboration with George Grossmith Jnr. ), The Boy (1917, with music and lyrics by Lionel Monckton and Howard Talbot), The Bing Boys On Broadway (1918, with Grossmith and H.M. Vernon), and The Golden Moth (1921, with P.G. Wodeh...