It was first performed in 1955 in a production directed by Besson, with music by Rudolf Wagner-Régeny (whose songs for the play have been called "Weill-like" by John Willett).
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The production strongly influenced the English director William Gaskill's reinterpretation of Farquhar's original play for the National Theatre.
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