Chevalier remained until the end of the tour, after which he was engaged to appear at the Court Theatre, London in the comedy "A Scrap of Paper" in which he played the role of "Jones". The show opened on 6 January 1879 and was, according to Chavalier's biographer Brian Daley, "met with unquestioned success". The following month he took a minor part in "The Ladies Battle" in which he took the role of "Montrichard", a characterisation which Daley describes as being "inimitable". Through the summer of 1879 he undertook a series of small roles for the Kendals in Liverpool. Towards the end of that year he was chosen by the Kendals to understudy for the main actors in the short plays "M. le Duc", "The Queen's Shilling" and "A Regular Fix".