 His librettists were his collaborators from "Les p'tites Michu".Before working with Messager, Vanloo had collaborated with Offenbach, Lecocq and Chabrier, and Duval had written a succession of musical and non-musical comic pieces since the mid-1870s.The stars of the Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens company, Mariette Sully and Jean Périer, were well known and popular figures with Paris audiences, and among the supporting players were singers familiar from "Les p'tites Michu", including Maurice Lamy, Victor Regnard and Brunais.