Libretto only, containing complete book and lyrics. Broadway producers Klaw and Erlanger's answer to the popular British pantomimes of the era, "Chris and the Wonderful Lamp" was billed as an extravaganza and has many of the elements of the genre, including the lead trouser role, magical transformations, and fairy tale motifs. Freely adapted from the popular novel by Albert Stearns, the musical was an update of the traditional Aladdin story. Critics at the time found it a "remarkable theatrical achievement." MacDonough and John Philip Sousa's musical was extremely popular in its day, but now is mostly a forgotten work. The son of actress and playwright Laura Don, Glen MacDonough is best known as the librettist of the Victor Herbert operetta "Babes in Toyland." He wrote successful farces before turning his talents to musical comedy. His farce "Delmonico's at 6" was one of the longest running plays of the late 19th Century. He would collaborate with Herbert on the musicals "The Rose of Algeria," "Alice and the Eight Princesses" later produced as "Wonderland," and "It Happened in Nordland." He served as book doctor and contributed lyrics to the 1903 "The Wizard of Oz." His other musicals include "The New Yorkers" with composer Ludwig Englander, Jerome Kern's 1920 revue "Hitchy-Koo," and new adaptations of Johann Strauss' "Vienna Life" and Franz Lehar's "The Count of Luxembourg" among others.