Jones song from "The Geisha", "The Amorous Goldfish" became an oft-sung hit, as did several of his other songs for these shows. "The Geisha" and "San Toy" took advantage of the fad for oriental settings in musical theatre that had reached a peak in Gilbert and Sullivan's "The Mikado" in 1885. These two musicals were frequently revived, recorded and widely toured in Europe as well as throughout the English-speaking world. The former became the most frequently-performed English-language work of musical theatre in Europe for many decades. The piece figures prominently in Anton Chekhov's popular short story, "The Lady with the Dog", and it was adapted as a Russian film in 1959 that featured its music, including "The Amorous Goldfish".