In the production of his "The Brigand", Planché created "tableaux vivants" of three recent paintings by Charles Eastlake: "An Italian Brigand Chief Reposing", "The Wife of a Brigand Chief Watching the Result of a Battle", and "The Dying Brigand". This feature was a success and widely copied. Paintings inspired his work in a number of other plays. For "The Golden Branch" (1847) and "Love and Fortune" (1859), he created costumes based on the paintings of Watteau. The latter play, which was subtitled "A Dramatic Tableau (in Watteau Colours)", also included a "tableau" from Watteau's "Noces de Village".