Barrington also created the role of Pennyfather in Desprez and Cellier's curtain raiser, "After All!" (1878). Barrington played Mr. Cox in Carte's revival of "Cox and Box" (1879) and created the role of the Sergeant of Police in "The Pirates of Penzance" in London (1880). Barrington was proud that the Sergeant's song generally received two encores. Eventually, he asked Gilbert to write an "encore verse" for the song. Gilbert replied that "encore" means "sing it again." Also around this time, Barrington's short play entitled "Quid Pro Quo", written with Cunningham Bridgeman and composed by Wilfred Bendall, was first produced.