<p><em>Hopalong Cassidy: A Horse Opera</em> consists of the following three sections: <strong>Part One: Bang! Bang! Hopalong Cassidy Takes Darwin</strong> is a factual account of William Boyd&rsquo;s event-packed two days in the Northern Territory capital in 1954; <strong>Part Two: Hopalepidopter Almost Takes Darwin</strong> is the libretto/storyboard created&nbsp;for Danius Kesminas in 2014; and <strong>Part Three: Invasion of the Puppets</strong> contains Lee McRae&rsquo;s marvelous photographs of the Master of Architecture students&rsquo; amazing hand puppet-depictions of the opera&rsquo;s characters.</p>