▁by ▁ 1 8 9 2 ▁helped ▁bring ▁to ▁an ▁end ▁the ▁era ▁of ▁G ai ety ▁bur les que . ▁ ▁Edward es ▁produced ▁shows ▁at ▁other ▁the at res ▁as ▁well . ▁For ▁instance , ▁in ▁ 1 8 9 2 , ▁he ▁took ▁over ▁the ▁Prince ▁of ▁Wales ▁Theatre . ▁In ▁addition , ▁after ▁Gilbert ▁and ▁S ull ivan ▁stopped ▁working ▁together ▁exclus ively ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 8 9 0 s , ▁Edward es ▁produced ▁Gilbert ' s ▁His ▁Ex cell ency ▁at ▁the ▁Ly ric ▁Theatre ▁in ▁ 1 8 9 4 . ▁He ▁also ▁became ▁manager ▁of ▁the ▁struggling ▁Empire ▁Theatre , ▁London , ▁and ▁transformed ▁it ▁into ▁a ▁music ▁hall ▁before ▁it ▁became ▁associated ▁with ▁several ▁successful ▁bal lets ▁under ▁the ▁composer - direct or ▁Leopold ▁W enz el . ▁ ▁Popular ising ▁musical ▁comedy ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 8 9 0 s , ▁Edward es ▁hit ▁upon ▁a ▁new ▁strategy ▁for ▁the ▁G ai ety , ▁which ▁was ▁a ▁variation ▁from ▁the ▁kinds ▁of ▁shows ▁that ▁he ▁and ▁Car te ▁had ▁produced ▁and ▁also ▁had ▁elements ▁of ▁the ▁G ai ety ▁bur les ques ▁and ▁of ▁music ▁hall ▁entertain ments . ▁The ▁earliest ▁of ▁these ▁shows , ▁taking ▁a ▁c ue ▁from ▁Dor othy , ▁had ▁a ▁musical ▁style ▁similar ▁to ▁the ▁Gilbert ▁and ▁S ull ivan ▁com ic ▁oper as . ▁In to ▁this ▁mix , ▁he ▁incorpor ated ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁elements ▁of ▁the ▁form ▁that ▁Harr igan ▁& ▁Hart ▁had ▁established