 For Courtneidge, he wrote "The Mousmé" in 1911 ("I Know Nothing of Life", "The Little Japanese Mamma", "The Temple Bell", and "The Corner of My Eye") and for Edwardes and the Adelphi, he wrote "The Dancing Mistress" in 1912.The latter two pieces had merely respectable runs.Monckton's last big hit was "The Boy" in 1917 (produced after Edwardes's death), in collaboration with Howard Talbot.