The word "Royal" was dropped from the name of the theatre in 1876. Burnand and Charles Morton were both briefly managers there, presenting extravaganzas and comic operas respectively. Morton's season in 1876 included well-received productions of Offenbach's "Madame l'archiduc" and Lecocq's "La fille de Madame Angot", featuring Soldene and Kate Santley and, in the second piece, W. S. Penley, promoted from the chorus. Morton also presented a successful double bill of Gilbert and Sullivan's "Trial by Jury" and Offenbach's "Geneviève de Brabant". After Morton a succession of managements between May 1876 and September 1877 staged productions that made little impact.