answers: Stephen Sondheim
context: Send In the Clowns "Send In the Clowns" is a song written by Stephen Sondheim for the 1973 musical "A Little Night Music", an adaptation of Ingmar Bergman's film "Smiles of a Summer Night". It is a ballad from Act Two, in which the character Desirée reflects on the ironies and disappointments of her life. Among other things, she looks back on an affair years earlier with the lawyer Fredrik, who was deeply in love with her but whose marriage proposals she had rejected. Meeting him after so long, she realizes she is in love with him and finally ready </s> The Clown's Prayer The Clown's Prayer is a poem or prayer that comedians of various sorts use for inspiration. There have been several poems that have gone by that name. The original author of this poem is unknown. There are several variations on this poem. Chris Farley (from Saturday Night Live and Tommy Boy) was known to have carried this prayer with him in his wallet. It commonly includes the following four verses: <poem> As I stumble through this life, help me to create more laughter than tears, dispense more happiness than gloom, spread more cheer than despair. Never let </s> Costello on a celebrity edition of "Stars in Their Eyes" in 1999, the mention of 'nigger' replaced with 'figure'. Oliver's Army "Oliver's Army" is a song written by Elvis Costello, originally performed by Elvis Costello and The Attractions, and appearing on the album "Armed Forces" in 1979. It remains his most successful single in the United Kingdom, spending three weeks at number 2 in the UK Singles Chart. In the context of contemporary events referred to in the lyrics, "Oliver's Army" makes an historical reference to the New Model Army, established in 1645 by Oliver Cromwell and fellow Parliamentarians during
question: who wrote the song send in the clowns