hɪz mˈoʊst səksˈɛsfəl stˈeɪdʒ wˈɜːk, ðə kəkˈɛt: ɔːɹ, ɐ sˌuːɪsˈaɪdəl pˈɑːlɪsi nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈaɪv, wʌzɐ lˈaɪt ˈɑːpɚɹə ɪnðə stˈaɪl ʌv ɡˈɪlbɚt ænd sˈʌlɪvən; ɪt tˈɛlz ðə stˈoːɹi əvə sˈuːɪsˌaɪd klˈʌb.
His most successful stage work, The Coquette: or, A Suicidal Policy (1905), was a light opera in the style of Gilbert and Sullivan; it tells the story of a suicide club.