<i>Henry, Sweet Henry</i>

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Henry, Sweet Henry

<p><i><b>Henry, Sweet Henry</b></i> is a <a href="/en/Musical_theatre" title="Musical theatre" class="wl">musical</a> with a book by <a href="/en/Nunnally_Johnson" title="Nunnally Johnson" class="wl">Nunnally Johnson</a> and music and lyrics by <a href="/en/Bob_Merrill" title="Bob Merrill" class="wl">Bob Merrill</a>.</p>

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<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1066479718" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles mw:Transclusion">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-header,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-subheader,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-above,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-title,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-image,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-below{text-align:center}</style><div class='mobile-collapse'><header class="mobile-collapse-header mobile-collapse-btn"><b>Quick facts: Henry, Sweet Henry, Music, Lyrics, Book, Basi...</b> <span class='arrow'>▼</span></header> <table class="infobox vevent mobile-collapse-element"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><i><span class="summary">Henry, Sweet Henry</span></i></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size"><a href="/en/File:HenrySweetHenry.JPG" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" data-hash="File:HenrySweetHenry.JPG"><img loading="lazy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a2/HenrySweetHenry.JPG/220px-HenrySweetHenry.JPG" decoding="async" data-file-width="288" data-file-height="288" data-file-type="bitmap" height="220" width="220" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a2/HenrySweetHenry.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a2/HenrySweetHenry.JPG 2x" alt="HenrySweetHenry.JPG"></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Original Recording</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Music</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Bob_Merrill" title="Bob Merrill" class="wl">Bob Merrill</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Lyrics</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Bob_Merrill" title="Bob Merrill" class="wl">Bob Merrill</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/en/Book_(musical_theatre)" title="Book (musical theatre)" class="mw-redirect wl">Book</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Nunnally_Johnson" title="Nunnally Johnson" class="wl">Nunnally Johnson</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Basis</th><td class="infobox-data">Novel and film<br><i><a href="/en/The_World_of_Henry_Orient" title="The World of Henry Orient" class="wl">The World of Henry Orient</a></i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Productions</th><td class="infobox-data">1967 <a href="/en/Broadway_theatre" title="Broadway theatre" class="wl">Broadway</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <footer class='mobile-collapse-footer mobile-collapse-btn'><b>Close</b> <span class='arrow'>▲</span></footer></div>

<p>Based on the 1964 novel <i><a href="/en/The_World_of_Henry_Orient" title="The World of Henry Orient" class="wl">The World of Henry Orient</a></i> by Johnson's daughter <a href="/en/Nora_Johnson" title="Nora Johnson" class="wl">Nora</a> and the subsequent film of the same name, the plot focuses on Valerie and Marian, two wealthy, love-struck teenagers who stalk an <a href="/en/Avant-garde" title="Avant-garde" class="wl">avant-garde</a> composer and aging philanderer.</p>


Henry, Sweet Henry is a musical with a book by Nunnally Johnson and music and lyrics by Bob Merrill. Based on the 1964 novel The World of Henry Orient by Johnson's daughter Nora and the subsequent film of the same name, the plot focuses on Valerie and Marian, two wealthy, love-struck teenagers who stalk an avant-garde composer and aging philanderer. 