Cinderella pantomime in both story and style at the Royal Strand Theatre in 1860: "Cinderella! Or the Lover, the Lackey, and the Little Glass Slipper". In the traditional pantomime version the opening scene takes place in a forest with a hunt in progress; here Cinderella first meets Prince Charming and his "right-hand man" Dandini, whose name and character come from Gioachino Rossini's opera ("La Cenerentola"). Cinderella mistakes Dandini for the Prince and the Prince for Dandini. Her father, Baron Hardup, is under the thumb of his two stepdaughters, the Ugly sisters, and has a servant, Cinderella's friend Buttons. (Throughout the pantomime,
Gabrielle and the Doodleman Anna Dawson played the Wicked Witch. Singer-songwriter Lynsey de Paul, played the characters Miss Moneyfairy (a Miss Moneypenny type character) and Dandini, as well as wrote the theme tune "You're Okay" and the songs that are featured in the film. Gareth Hunt played Mike as well as the King and Baron Hardup. Comedianne Josephine Tewson played Mrs. Briggs and the Fairy Godmother. Bob Todd was Merlin and Ugly Sister and Pierre Picton the Clown. Gabrielle and the Doodleman Gabrielle and the Doodleman is a children's film, that was released in 1984 and directed and written by Francis Essex. It was