▁on ▁Broadway ▁a ▁de cade ▁earlier . ▁Like ▁Thomas ▁German ▁Re ed ▁and ▁W . ▁S . ▁Gilbert ▁before ▁him , ▁Edward es ▁wanted ▁to ▁produce ▁musical ▁plays ▁that ▁were ▁more ▁respect able ▁( and ▁would ▁attract ▁a ▁more ▁aff lu ent , ▁pol ite ▁crowd ) ▁than ▁ris qué ▁bur les que . ▁But ▁Edward es ▁sought ▁pieces ▁that ▁integrated ▁spoken ▁dialog ue ▁and ▁music ▁in ▁a ▁l ighter , ▁less ▁sat ir ic ▁way ▁than ▁Gilbert ▁and ▁S ull ivan ▁had , ▁using ▁top ical ▁songs , ▁fashion able ▁cost umes ▁and ▁s ass y ▁by play ▁between ▁the ▁characters . ▁ ▁The ▁first ▁of ▁these , ▁In ▁Town ▁in ▁ 1 8 9 2 ▁and ▁A ▁G ai ety ▁Girl ▁in ▁ 1 8 9 3 ▁( both ▁of ▁which ▁were ▁produced ▁by ▁Edward es ▁at ▁the ▁Prince ▁of ▁Wales ▁Theatre ), ▁met ▁with ▁strong ▁success ▁and ▁confirmed ▁Edward es ▁on ▁the ▁path ▁he ▁was ▁taking ." G ai ety ▁Theatre " ▁, ▁Arthur L loyd ▁theatre ▁site ▁Edward es ▁dub bed ▁his ▁new ▁musical ▁plays ▁" mus ical ▁com ed ies ". ▁If ▁Edward es ▁didn ' t ▁invent ▁the ▁genre , ▁he ▁popular ised ▁it ▁in ▁Britain ▁and ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁producer ▁to ▁elev ate ▁them ▁to ▁international ▁popular ity . ▁He ▁used ▁the ▁best ▁writers ▁and ▁compos ers ▁to ▁create ▁entertain ments ▁appe aling ▁to ▁his ▁Victor ian ▁and ▁Edward ian ▁aud ien ces . ▁Although ▁he ▁never ▁acted ▁in ▁his ▁produ ctions , ▁Edward es ▁controlled