 He also completed the unfinished burlesque of "Don Yuan" (1893, with music by Meyer Lutz and lyrics by Adrian Ross), which Fred Leslie had begun to write as a star vehicle for comedian Arthur Roberts but died before finishing, and Tanner also directed the production.Tanner also directed the original Gaiety Theatre production of "The Shop Girl" (1894) and "An Artist's Model" (1895) and "A Modern Trilby" (1895, starring Nellie Farren), both at Daly's Theatre.After that, Tanner focused on writing some of the most popular shows of the period for Edwardes, with music mostly by Ivan Caryll and Lionel Monckton and often lyrics by Adrian Ross and one or the other of the Greenbank brothers, including "My Girl" in 1896 (with Ross and F. Osmond Carr), "The Circus Girl", in 1896, "The Ballet Girl" in 1897 (with Carl Kiefert and Ross, which he also directed for Broadway), "The Transit of Venus" in 1898 (with Napoleon Lambelet and Ross), "The Messenger Boy" in 1900, "The Toreador" in 1901, "A Country Girl" in 1902, "The Orchid" in 1903, "The Cingalee" in 1904, "The New Aladdin" in 1906, "Our Miss Gibbs" in 1919, "The Quaker Girl" in 1910, "The Dancing Mistress" in 1912, and "The Girl on the Film" and "The Girl from Utah", both in 1913.