 He made an immediate impression.The magazine "Fun" published an article with the title "Tame Cats; Or, The Triumph of Collette"; this, however, was not so much a tribute to the actor as a rebuke to his over-enthusiastic friends in the audience.Over the succeeding years, Collette appeared in many Bancroft productions, including "School" by T. W. Robertson, Sheridan's "The School for Scandal" (as Sir Oliver Surface), "The Merchant of Venice", and Edward Bulwer-Lytton's "Money".