Beethoven's Tenth
by Peter Ustinov

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Interior Set Comedy

Synopsis

The author starred in London and New York in this comedy about an acidic music critic who is writing a book about what Beethoven's tenth symphony might have been like.

Ludvig himself appears and wanders around the living room muttering in German until the critic gets a hearing aid.

Luckily, Beethoven has learned English in Heaven, so he can engage in witty banter with the critic.

Also on hand are the critic's son, an aspiring composer whose work his father detests (as does Beethoven after perusing his scores), and the critic's wife, formerly an opera singer who desperately wants to sing a lieder accompanied by the composer!

Before Beethoven returns to the Great Beyond he reveals who the mysterious great love of his life was.

Press Reviews

"Perhaps his best play ever ... [with] dialogue that hangs in the air like iridescent soap bubbles."

— New York Post

Characters

Character
Jessica Fauldgate

his wfe

Irmgard

Austrain au pair

Pascal Fauldgate

the son

Ludwig
Dr. Collis Jagger
Father
Countess Giulietta Guiccardi
Count Robert Wenzel Gallenberg
Stephen Fauldgate

a music critic

Publication

Publisher Samuel French
ISBN-13 9780573619618
ISBN-10 0573619611

Beethoven's Tenth is a comedy play written by Peter Ustinov and published by Samuel French .

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