Rip Van Winkle
"Rip's Dream" is based on two sources: the original 1819 "Rip Van Winkle" story by Washington Irving, and the 1882 operetta version of "Rip Van Winkle" (with music by Robert Planquette and libretto by Henri Meilhac, Philippe Gille, and Henry Brougham Farnie). Two elements, the mysterious snake and the village idiot, are Méliès's own creations.