Gilbert created several blank verse "fairy comedies" at the Haymarket Theatre for John Baldwin Buckstone and starring William Hunter Kendal and his wife Madge Robertson Kendal (sister of the playwright Tom Robertson), in the early 1870s.
In the early 1870s, Gilbert wrote several blank verse "fairy comedies" for a production at the Haymarket Theatre, featuring John Baldwin Buckstone as the producer, William Hunter Kendal and his wife Madge Robertson Kendal (sister of playwright Tom Robertson) in starring roles.