Stephen Clark (2 February 1961 – 15 October 2016)[1] was a British playwright, librettist and lyricist, best known for the musicals Zorro and Love Story.
Clark attended musical theatre masterclasses led by Stephen Sondheim at the University of Oxford in 1991.
Clark contributed lyrics to the revised version of Martin Guerre, which received the 1997 Olivier Award for Best New Musical.
He wrote the lyrics and co-wrote the book for Zorro, produced on the West End in 2008 and nominated for Best New Musical at the 2009 Olivier Awards.
In 2010, the Chichester Festival Theare produced Love Story, with Clark writing book and co-writing lyrics with composer Howard Goodall.