 "Tita in Thibet" was written as a vehicle for the music hall star Kate Santley.Fred Leslie and W. H. Seymour, who would become the stage manager of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company for 20 years, also played in the piece, as did ex-D'Oyly Carte player Walter H. Fisher.The setting of the piece took advantage of the Victorian fad for anything Far East-themed.