, ▁but ▁Dal y ▁did ▁not ▁produce ▁many ▁works . ▁In ▁ 1 8 9 5 , ▁Edward es ▁took ▁over ▁the ▁management ▁of ▁the ▁theatre , ▁where ▁Sid ney ▁Jones ▁was ▁h ired ▁as ▁the ▁resident ▁composer ▁and ▁music ▁director . ▁Edward es ' ▁shows ▁at ▁Dal y ' s ▁had ▁more ▁coh er ent ▁plots ▁and ▁more ▁rom antic ▁music ▁specifically ▁composed ▁for ▁the ▁plot ▁of ▁the ▁piece , ▁rather ▁than ▁a ▁collection ▁of ▁top ical ▁popular ▁songs . ▁They ▁were ▁more ▁like ▁what ▁musical ▁comedy ▁was ▁to ▁become ▁at ▁m atur ity ▁than ▁their ▁G ai ety ▁Theatre ▁sib lings , ▁the ▁more ▁review - like ▁" G irl " ▁musical s . ▁These ▁shows ▁included ▁hits ▁like ▁An ▁Art ist ' s ▁Model ▁( 1 8 9 5 ), ▁The ▁Ge ish a ▁( 1 8 9 6 ), ▁A ▁Greek ▁S lave ▁( 1 8 9 8 ), ▁and ▁San ▁Toy ▁( 1 8 9 9 ). ▁The ▁stars ▁at ▁Dal y ' s ▁included ▁strong , ▁rom antic ▁sing ers : ▁bar it one ▁Hay den ▁C off in ▁and ▁sop rano ▁Marie ▁Temp est . ▁They ▁were ▁joined ▁by ▁sou bre tte ▁dan cer ▁Let ty ▁Lind ▁and ▁com ic ▁H unt ley ▁Wright . ▁After ▁a ▁falling ▁out ▁with ▁C off in , ▁Edward es ▁found ▁success ▁at ▁Dal y ' s ▁with ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁English - language ▁adapt ations ▁of ▁European ▁oper ett as , ▁including ▁Les ▁p ' t ites ▁Mich u