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Peopled with a mixture of fairytale and nursery rhyme characters, including Boy Blue, Jack and Jill, and Tommy Tucker, this version of Beauty and the Beast is said to have judiciously combined elements of both the old and new pantomime traditions. The Sydney Morning Herald critic records that 'It is a bright show, with bright music, bright quips, clever dancing, colourful dresses, humour, skillfull acrobatics, clever children, and that inevitable ingredient of pantomime, diverting "animals"' (27 December 1930, p.10).

Although the exact authorship has not been ascertained, Nat Phillips's role as director suggests that he very likely made significant contributions to the story.