Wouldn't it be wonderful to have everyone clapping heir hands and shouting 'Hurrah!, Hurrah for Walter Adams!'.Salieri was distraught that the Father was unfamiliar with his work: "Can you recall no melody of mine? I was the most famous composer in Europe.Jack Nicholson's acting persona as the heroic rebel McMurphy, who lives free or dies (through an act of mercy killing), had earlier been set with his performances inEasy Rider (1969)andFive Easy Pieces (1970).Nilsson, and H.B.WarnerSunset Boulevardwas adapted into a musical in mid-1993, with a score by Andrew Lloyd Webber, and first opened in London with Patti LuPone in the lead role.