, ▁Samuel ▁Beck ett ▁with d rew ▁his ▁m ime ▁piece ▁in ▁protest . ▁ ▁Later ▁life ▁▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 5 9 , ▁O ' Case y ▁gave ▁his ▁bless ing ▁to ▁a ▁musical ▁adaptation ▁of ▁Jun o ▁and ▁the ▁Pay cock ▁by ▁American ▁composer ▁Marc ▁Bl itz stein . ▁The ▁musical , ▁ret itled ▁Jun o , ▁was ▁a ▁commercial ▁failure , ▁closing ▁after ▁only ▁ 1 6 ▁Broadway ▁performances . ▁It ▁was ▁also ▁p anned ▁by ▁some ▁critics ▁as ▁being ▁too ▁" dark " ▁to ▁be ▁an ▁appropriate ▁musical , ▁a ▁genre ▁then ▁almost ▁invari ably ▁associated ▁with ▁light ▁comedy . ▁However , ▁the ▁music , ▁which ▁surv ives ▁in ▁a ▁cast ▁album ▁made ▁before ▁the ▁show ▁opened , ▁has ▁since ▁been ▁regarded ▁as ▁some ▁of ▁Bl itz stein ' s ▁best ▁work . ▁Although ▁end ors ed ▁by ▁the ▁then ▁ 7 9 - year - old ▁O ' Case y , ▁he ▁did ▁not ▁contribute ▁to ▁the ▁production ▁or ▁even ▁see ▁it ▁during ▁its ▁brief ▁run . ▁Despite ▁general ▁agreement ▁on ▁the ▁br ill iance ▁of ▁the ▁underlying ▁material , ▁the ▁musical ▁has ▁def ied ▁all ▁efforts ▁to ▁mount ▁any ▁successful ▁rev ival . ▁ ▁Also ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 9 , ▁George ▁Dev ine ▁produced ▁C ock - a - D ood le ▁D andy ▁at ▁the ▁Royal ▁Court ▁Theatre ▁and ▁it ▁was ▁also ▁successful ▁at ▁the ▁Edinburgh ▁International ▁Festival ▁and ▁had ▁a ▁West ▁End ▁run . ▁ ▁His ▁eight i eth ▁birth day ▁occurred