The suite of fairy variations in the Prologue meant to present Princess Aurora with noblecharacter attributes plays out at a nonstop and breathless pace, as if Mr. Martins were eager to dispatch each solo as summarily as possible.
Brian Noble's side showed plenty of character though and centre George Carmont crossed the line and Richards converted to give Wigan a 18-14 half-time advantage.
He praises Lee for his purity of character and describes him as a devout Christian and noble soldier who spared his reunited country the horrors of protracted guerrilla warfare when he accepted defeat with grace.
Equally if not more important has been a change in plot, from the traditional martial violence, simple noble samurai defeating evildoers themes, to more character-driven and sympathetic themes, including love stories or stories of daily life conflict within the social constraints of the Edo period.