Based in part on Henry J. Byron's Princess Spring-Time, or, The Envoy who Stole the King's Daughter: An Original Fairy Extravaganza, Founded on a Story by the Countess d'Anois (London: T. H. Lacy, 1864), Edward Blanchard's Hop o' my Thumb and His Eleven Brothers: or, Harlequin and the Ogre of the Seven League Boots (London: Thompson and Harrison, 1864), William Brough's Hercules and Omphale: Or, The Power of Love. An Original Classical Extravaganza (London: T. H. Lacy, 1864), Francis Cowley Burnand's Cupid and Psyche: Or, Beautiful as a Butterfly. A New Extravaganza (London: T. H. Lacy, 1865) as well as editions of St George and the Dragon, or, Harlequin and the Seven Champions of Christendom, Dame Durden and the Lion and the Unicorn.
