At about the same time, the Ho Lo Taiwanese Opera Troupe--a traditional performance group with its roots wholly in Taiwan--decided to adapt this foreign comedy, but reset in Tainan Prefecture in Taiwan during the Qing dynasty, and renamed The Imperial Watch-dog.
同時間裡，台灣土生土長的傳統戲曲﹘﹘河洛歌仔戲，也挑上這一齣外國諷刺名劇，將它改編成清朝台灣台南府發生的故事。