<P> A theatrical version, with music by Richard Peaslee and lyrics by Adrian Mitchell, was staged at the National Theatre London on 25 April 1984, directed by Peter Hall . It toured nine cities in 1985 . </P> <P> A solo version, adapted and performed by Guy Masterson, premièred at the Traverse Theatre Edinburgh in January 1995 and has toured worldwide since . </P> <P> (Alphabetical by artist) </P> <Ul> <Li> The Boston Crusaders Drum and Bugle Corps' 2014 show was titled Animal Farm, based on the novel . </Li> <Li> Canadian - based band Boxer the Horse takes its name from a character in the novel . </Li> <Li> Dead prez based a song on their album Let's Get Free (2000), called "Animal in Man", on the novella, putting emphasis on how the other animals should not trust the pigs during a revolution . </Li> <Li> The lyrics of the song" Arthur's Farm" from the Half Man Half Biscuit album Back Again in the DHSS (1987) tell the story of Douglas Bader and Arthur Askey visiting Animal Farm . The song features the line "Four legs good, but no legs best" in apparent tribute to the two famous amputees . </Li> <Li> The song, "The Nature of the Beast", by the American metalcore band, Ice Nine Kills, was inspired by Animal Farm . </Li> <Li> Pink Floyd's album Animals (1977) was partially inspired by Animal Farm . It categorises people as pigs, dogs, or sheep . </Li> <Li> R.E.M.'s song "Disturbance at the Heron House" is based on Animal Farm . </Li> <Li> Radiohead's song "Optimistic" contains a lyric mentioning Animal Farm . </Li> <Li> The Clash used an image from the animated movie Animal Farm (1954) on their single "English Civil War". </Li> </Ul>

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