 These plays, influenced by the fairy work of James Planché, are founded upon the idea of self-revelation by characters under the influence of some magic or some supernatural interference.The first was "The Palace of Truth" in 1870, a fantasy adapted from a story by Madame de Genlis.Second was "Pygmalion and Galatea" (1871), a satire of sentimental, romantic attitudes toward myth, and "The Wicked World" was third.