The play was performed in the Netherlands for the first time on November 15, 1956 by the Utrecht Student Theatre Association (Utrechtse Studenten Toneel Vereniging).
Vsevolod Meyerhold's production (1922), with set and props based on the designs of Lyubov Popova, broke away from the “conventional framing of the acting area” by eliminating the wings and proscenium arch from the scenery.
The set for The Magnanimous Cuckold consisted of framework, rotating wheels in the background to signify machinery, and a windmill to indicate the play's location.
The simplified scenery in constructivist theatre was simply meant to inform the idea of the play, not to take on a more important or formal position.
[4] The Magnificent Cuckold or Il magnifico cornuto is a 1965 Italian film directed by Antonio Pietrangeli and adapted from the original play.