AustLit

The story opens in the seaport of Busterorah, where the hand of Princess Suchasweetcreetur, the Caliph's only daughter, is demanded in marriage by an envoy of the Wicked Ogre. The Caliph, who is in financial straits, is about to comply with the Ogre's desires when Sinbad and his sailors arrive, thereby providing the Caliph with possible way out. Sinbad agrees to sail to the Diamond Valley in search of enough precious stones to pay off the Ogre and in turn marry the Princess himself. Before he leave, however, Ogre abducts the Princess and her handmaiden, Zobeide, and has a spell cast on the legs of Sinbad and his men which sees then rooted to the floor. Sinbad removes the spell with the aid of a talisman and in the second act sails for the Diamond Valley where he encounters the Tailor and becomes involved in all sorts of adventures.

The third act takes place in the Sultan of Tomatoes, in whose charge the Princess has been placed by the Ogre. When Sinbad arrives there he is arrested by the Sultan, thus allowing the Ogre to retake Princess awaya without a fight. The Sultan, however, has been smitten by her charms and realising her fate decides to release Sinbad so that he can rescue her. Sinbad tracks the Ogre down and with the aid of the fairies defeats him. The Princess is then restored into the arms of her faithful Sinbad.

[Source: Australian Variety Theatre Archive]

An abridged, farcical version of St John's 1898 Sinbad burlesque, which was itself an adaptation of his 1894 pantomime.