diminished street lighting made safer travel night number patrons growing number theatres increased enormously plays ran longer leading better profits improved production values men began bring families theatre first musical theatre piece exceed consecutive performances french operetta ''the chimes normandy'' ref name dgillanscreamingnet english comic opera adopted many successful ideas european operetta none successfully series dozen long running gilbert sullivan comic operas including ''hms pinafore'' ''the mikado''
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