I keep getting thrown off each time I read that the story is taking place in China or Africa. Aladdin was one of my favorite films when I was young and I am used to the Disney version where the story takes place in a fictional Agrabah. The first thing I would do would be to change the setting but I would leave the characters as they are. Once I read the sixth part I really found no reason for the story to have kept going after this story. I could add a little suspense to the ending by having the magician exchange cups with the princess and calling for a toast. Then Aladdin could come in to save the day by dressing as a slave and interrupting the toast calling for the magician to come to the front of the palace at once. Once he returns from a false alarm, the princess has switched around the cups and the magician drinks the poisoned wine.
(The Magical Lamp: MaxPixel)
Bibliography:
Arabian Nights by Andrew Lang: link to Reading B
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