Cirrus@Austlit

Although this show was produced by the Fullers less than a year after Nat Phillips staged his popular production, several newspaper articles and advertisements indicate that Frank Neil was responsible for writing and directing this version of the Babes in the Wood story (see, for example, the Sydney Morning Herald 22 January 1921, p.2). It is therefore unlikely that the two are related in terms of narrative and musical elements. Interestingly, Neil was also responsible for writing and directing Bluebeard, another Fullers pantomime staged in Sydney over the 1920/21 summer months. Apart from the Fullers, the only major connection between the Nat Phillips and Frank Neil productions is choreographer Chrissie Royal, who was responsible for staging the ballets in both pantomimes.

The exact opening and closing dates for this production are yet to be established. While a The Sydney Mail paragraph indicates that Babes in the Wood was a Fullers' Christmas pantomime (29 December 1920, p.24), no advertisements appear in any Sydney newspapers or magazines until mid-January. Furthermore, advertisements in the Sydney Mail indicate that the Majestic Theatre was continuing a season of plays by the Fullers' Dramatic Players throughout late December 1920 and early January 1921.

The Fullers' other Babes in the Woods pantomimes were:

- The Babes in the Wood (1918), libretto by Nat Phillips.
- The Babes in the Wood (1922), libretto by George H. Ward et al.