The Starlight Express was adapted from a book by Algernon Blackwood A Prisoner in Fairyland for a theatre production in the West End with music by Sir Edward Elgar. Combining the usually contrasting elements of fairytale and melodrama The Starlight Express depicts the fantasy world inhabited by a group of children who possess a magical "starlight" quality that has been lost by the adults around them. This is the most comprehensive recorded version of The Starlight Express to date.