Geoffrey Wright obituary

Composer with a talent for light music who wrote for several revue shows; his first West End show opened in 1935In the 1930s, the composer Geoffrey Wright, who has died aged 98, displayed his talent for light music in a series of satirical revues at the Gate theatre studio, by Charing Cross station in central London. He had a hit with his evocation of New York at night-time, Transatlantic Lullaby, which briefly became a standard.Wright was born in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey. During his infancy...

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