Tags: Musical.
More Than You Deserve is a musical written by Jim Steinman and Michael Weller produced by Joseph Papp and directed by Kim Friedman. It opened at The Public Theater on November 21 1973 ran for 63 performances and closed on January 13 1974. Weller’s original title for the play was Souvenirs which referred to the severed ears of killed Viet Cong which the soldiers collected and wore as keepsakes on strings around their necks. He was irate when the title was changed to More Than You Deserve.