Anthems in Animal Farm the novel as sounding like a combination of "La Cucaracha" and "Oh My Darling, Clementine".) After "Beasts of England" has been used to express criticism of the direction of Animal Farm, Napoleon tries to supplant the song, arguing that such an anthem is antiquated and no longer needed after the rebellion has been completed. The anthem is first replaced by the short "Animal Farm!" and later by "Comrade Napoleon", while "Beasts of England" is eventually outlawed. The phasing out of "Beasts of England" as the anthem of Animal Farm corresponds to the Soviet Union's 1944 replacement of "The Internationale" with
Animal Farm in 1985. A solo version, adapted and performed by Guy Masterson, premièred at the Traverse Theatre Edinburgh in January 1995 and has toured worldwide since. In 1950 Norman Pett and his writing partner Don Freeman were secretly hired by the British Foreign Office to adapt "Animal Farm" into a comic strip. This comic was not published in the U.K., but ran in Brazilian and Burmese newspapers. A video game adaptation of "Animal Farm" was announced in August 2017. Fully authorised by the estate of George Orwell, "Animal Farm" is created by an independent team formed specifically to deliver Orwell's vision