The Starlight Express was adapted from a book by Algernon Blackwood  A Prisoner in Fairyland  for a theatre production in the West End  with music by Sir Edward Elgar. Combining the usually contrasting elements of fairytale and melodrama  The Starlight Express depicts the fantasy world inhabited by a group of children  who possess a magical 'starlight' quality that has been lost by the adults around them. This is the most comprehensive recorded version of The Starlight Express to date.