The Most Incredible Thing

[1] When the tale begins, a contest has been proclaimed in which half the kingdom and the hand of the princess in marriage will be the rewards of he who can produce the most incredible thing.

A poor young man creates a magnificent clock with different lifelike figures — Moses, Adam and Eve, the Four Seasons, the Five Senses, and others — which appear at the stroke of the hour.

[2] In 2011 British pop act Pet Shop Boys wrote the music for a ballet based on the story that opened in March 2011 at Sadler's Wells in London.

It starred former Royal Ballet principal Ivan Putrov and animated film created by Tal Rosner.

[5] The ballet won an Evening Standard Theatre Award and returned to Sadler's Wells for a second season in 2012.