21 characters (4 males, 6 females (w/ doubling) This popular children's book has been magically adapted into a play that toured extensively before its successful West End production at the Duke of York Theatre. "While the kids will be thrilled by the dazzling illusions and the complex puppetry, their parents will be no less engaged by the sly humor that lurks within this ostensibly frivolous confection."-What's On