 He composed the music for the successful all-women one-act "opera di camera" "An Adamless Eden" (1882 at the Opera Comique), which was produced in Britain and in America (1884) by Lila Clay's ladies' company.He also provided additional music in 1883, for the English adaptation of Edmond Audran's "Gillette de Narbonne".After several one-act works, including "Sly and Shy" (1883), "The Casting Vote" (1885) and "Marie's Honeymoon" (1885), he wrote the score for what became the most successful musical version of "Alice in Wonderland", in 1886.