"Do not go gentle into that good night" was used as the text for the 1954 In Memoriam Dylan Thomas (Dirge-Canons and Song) for tenor and chamber ensemble, by Igor Stravinsky. The piece was written soon after Thomas' death and first performed in 1954.[9] It was the inspiration for three paintings by Swansea-born painter and print-maker Ceri Richards, who drew them in 1954, 1956, and 1965 respectively.[10] It is the subject of a 1979 tone poem for wind ensemble by Elliot del Borgo.[11] In the 1986 movie Back to School, Sally Kellerman uses the poem as a test question on the final of Rodney Dangerfield.