The performances at the new theater were principally burlesques and farces. In its early seasons, the theatre hosted comic operas, burlesques and farces for several years. These later Gaiety burlesques starred Farren and Leslie. Minstrel shows emerged as brief burlesques and comic entr'actes in the early 1830s. John D'Auban choreographed the Gaiety burlesques until 1891. Many of these kinds of burlesques were based on existing French operas. It includes burlesques, romantic scenes and satirical elements. Comedian E. J. Lonnen joined the Gaiety for many of Lutz's burlesques. Musically, Shakespearean burlesques were as varied as the others of the genre. In the Victorian era, musical burlesques generally included several breeches roles. "Thespis" was an advance on the types of burlesques to which Gaiety audiences were accustomed. These were fashionable, elegant young ladies, unlike the corseted actresses from the earlier burlesques. These were fashionable, elegant young ladies, unlike the corseted actresses from the burlesques. Some of her Irish and Italian characters are cliched, or even burlesques of stereotypes. British-style burlesques had been successfully presented in New York as early as the 1840s.