 His "Poet and Puppets", a travesty of Oscar Wilde's "Lady Windermere's Fan", with music by Jimmy Glover, was well received at the Comedy Theatre in 1892, starring Charles Hawtrey and Lottie Venne.He also wrote "To-day" in 1892 and "The Twilight of Love" in 1893.In November 1893, he became the first actor known to portray Sherlock Holmes on stage, appearing at the Royal Court Theatre in "Under the Clock", a musical parody of Holmes and Watson written with Seymour Hicks, who played Watson.