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Igor Stravinsky's famous musical play, A Soldier's Tale, premiered in World War 1 - era Switzerland as a folk tale about a violin-playing soldier who makes a pact with the devil to receive a book that foretells the future. In an updated version with substituted text by Kurt Vonnegut (but retaining the original score by Stravinsky), this teatrical work which is meant "to be read, played, and danced" is based on the true story of Private Eddie Slovik, a solderi who was drafted into World War 2 and subsequently became the only American soldier since the Civil War to be executed for desertion; General Eisenhower signed the execution orders.
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