Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
Every Good Boy Deserves Favour is a stage play by Tom Stoppard with music by André Previn. It was first performed in 1977. The play criticises the Soviet practice of treating political dissidence as a form of mental illness. Its title derives from the popular mnemonic used by music students to remember the notes on the lines of the treble clef. The cast comprises six actors, but also a full orchestra, which not only provides music throughout the play but also forms an essential part of the action. A chamber-orchestra version exists. The play is dedicated to Viktor Fainberg and Vladimir Bukovsky, two Soviet dissidents expelled to the West.
Performance history in South Africa
Directed by Dawn Lindberg for PACT in 1986, with Danny Keogh, Michael McCabe, Michael Richard, Judy Ditchfield and Lynne White. It won the Vita Award for best production.
Translations and adaptations
Sources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Every_Good_Boy_Deserves_Favour_(play)
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