A Parody on Iolanthe

"A Parody on Iolanthe" by D. Dalziel is a funny play set in the late 1800s that makes fun of the famous opera "Iolanthe" but puts it in the world of the Chicago & Alton Railway. The spoof playfully looks the topics of love and paperwork inside the train company, using magical characters to comment on what was happening in society and politics back then. You'll find fairies in a train setting working out problems with their romantic relationships that makes the readers thing about political and other events going on. The play uses funny conversations and smart jokes to look at how fairy rules and real-world railway problems mix, and it ends with things getting fixed for all involved. The play is designed to entertain while smartly commenting on important issues of that time.