| Beautiful and Damned | |
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| Music | Les Reed Roger Cook |
| Lyrics | Les Reed Roger Cook |
| Book | Kit Hesketh Harvey |
| Basis | F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Beautiful and Damned |
| Productions | 2004 West End |
Beautiful and Damned is a musical with a book by Kit Hesketh Harvey and music and lyrics by Les Reed and Roger Cook.
Drawing its title from F. Scott Fitzgerald's second novel, it focuses on the turbulent relationship he shared with his wife Zelda during the Jazz Age. Young, stylish, and successful, they are the envy of high society friends who are unaware that behind their glamorous façade are two individuals doomed to tragedy.
The West End production, directed and choreographed by Craig Revel Horwood, opened on April 28, 2004 at the Lyric Theatre, where it ran until August 14. The cast included Michael Praed, Helen Anker, Jo Gibb, Susannah Fellows, and David Burt.