Ar cy . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 8 5 , ▁Edward es ▁was ▁h ired ▁to ▁succeed ▁John ▁H oll ings head ▁as ▁manager ▁at ▁the ▁G ai ety ▁Theatre , ▁producing ▁the ▁bur les ques ▁in ▁which ▁the ▁G ai ety ▁special ised . ▁ ▁T ogether , ▁they ▁produced ▁Little ▁Jack ▁She pp ard ▁a ▁bur les que ▁in ▁a ▁full - length ▁format ▁with ▁an ▁original ▁score ▁by ▁Meyer ▁L utz , ▁which ▁opened ▁at ▁Christmas ▁ 1 8 8 5 . ▁ ▁After ▁this , ▁in ▁ 1 8 8 6 , ▁H oll ings head ▁retired , ▁and ▁from ▁then ▁on ▁the ▁Gu v ' nor ▁( as ▁Edward es ▁came ▁to ▁be ▁known ) ▁was ▁in ▁charge , ▁with ▁the ▁assistance ▁of ▁the ▁theatre ' s ▁star ▁player , ▁Nell ie ▁Far ren . ▁ ▁The ▁next ▁show ▁that ▁Edward es ▁produced ▁at ▁the ▁G ai ety ▁was ▁Dor othy ▁( 1 8 8 6 ), ▁a ▁com ic ▁opera ▁similar ▁to ▁the ▁Gilbert ▁and ▁S ull ivan ▁oper as ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁produced ▁for ▁Car te , ▁but ▁the ▁G ai ety ' s ▁aud ien ces ▁were ▁used ▁to ▁bur les ques , ▁and ▁so ▁Edward es ▁sold ▁the ▁rights ▁to ▁Dor othy , ▁which ▁became ▁a ▁hit ▁at ▁another ▁theatre . ▁Following ▁on ▁the ▁success ▁of ▁Little ▁Jack ▁She pp ard , ▁Edward es ▁turned ▁the ▁G ai ety ▁back ▁to ▁producing ▁bur les ques , ▁but ▁these ▁were ▁" new ▁bur les