In 1875, Temple produced, directed, and appeared as Thomas Brown in, a revival of Arthur Sullivan's one-act comic opera "The Zoo", at the Philharmonic Theatre, which was played as an afterpiece to an adaptation of Offenbach's "Les Géorgiennes", with Temple as Rhododendron Pasha. In the same year, Temple again appeared in "Breaking the Spell". Among other roles in 1876, he created the role of Buckingham in Alfred Cellier's "Nell Gwynne" and played the title-role in Cellier's "The Sultan of Mocha". At the Globe Theatre he appeared in Edward Solomon's first opera, "A Will With Vengeance". The following year, he played the title role in "The Marriage of Figaro" with great success at the Crystal Palace in the Rose Hersee Opera Company production, with Florence St. John as Cherubino He also produced his own English version of Offenbach's "Geneviève de Brabant" as well as playing in various roles in London.