 The musicals that followed this, such as "The Mousmé" in 1911, "The Pearl Girl" in 1913, "My Lady Frayle" in 1915, "Mr Manhattan" in 1916, and other short works for music halls, were only modest successes, however, and musical styles began to change.In 1916 Talbot contributed to a reworking of an American musical, "High Jinks" for the Adelphi Theatre, which adapted a Rudolf Friml score.At the same time, he had been composing music for short musical pieces for variety theatres.