What follows appears to be the journal entries of young Peter Buoy as he discovered his talent, and his ultimate downfall.
Peter Buoy Wryder was born on Groundhog Day, February 2, 1932, in the heart of London.
His parents, Constance, the quiet homemaker, and Sir Buoy Couldy Wryder, the statesman, greeted his birth as the beginning of countless years of happiness, as well as the end of several months of prayer and voodoo ritual.
Peter's daily three-hour regimen of scales with dia-chromatic
fingering, his own creation, once encouraged and even applauded, is now regarded
as a noisy nuisance.
The eve of my first day of grammar school
"Oh Beeth-sy, Dad and
Mum scolded me after only two minutes of dia-chromies. Had the cheek to call me
a dose of distress for the double darlings!"
To win back his parents love and respect, in 1946 Peter Buoy Wryder attends his Father's Alma Mater, Tweeking On The Thames.
But botch it did, for his years at Stairwell Primary School were
tainted by two unshakable events; One, Peter enters the second grade just as
Adolf Hitler invades Poland, and the world is thrown into war, and two, as Peter
enters the fourth grade, twins are born to Constance and Sir Buoy, and the
Wryder household is thrown into chaos.
The Sewers Of London
"My dear Beeth-Zart, though my work day is grimy
and hellish, have discovered a quiet poetry in the sewers. Hope I can bring such
strong tastes and smells to my music. Dreamt of pirate women again last
night..."
The year is 1953. Peter Buoy Wryder returns to America and, taking advantage of the G.I. Bill, enrolls in a pricey high school, Curbstone Academy in up-state New York. 1955. Peter takes a year off from Curbstone to participate in the Off-Broadway production of Are Not Behaving Inappropriately.
Are Not Behaving At All!
"Can not help but feel that booking the show into the Yes-We're-Nude-Theatre was a mistake...as our musical is completely clothed. Audiences disappointed... ticket refunds soaring...self-doubt festering!"