major success with *[Babes in the Wood](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babes_in_the_Wood)* in [Manchester](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester) during the 1889–90 season, and in the 1890s he developed the Serpentine Dance. The [impresario](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impresario) [Augustus Harris](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus_Harris) hired him to appear alongside [Dan Leno](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Leno) and [Marie Lloyd](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Lloyd) at the [Theatre Royal, Drury Lane](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theatre_Royal,_Drury_Lane), in its spectacular Christmas pantomimes *Humpty Dumpty* in 1891, *Little Bo Peep* in 1892 and * :) 