This type of work, Victorian burlesque, was popular in Britain in the late 19th century. Other examples include "The Bohemian G-yurl and the Unapproachable Pole" (1877), "Blue Beard" (1882), "Ariel" (1883, by F. C. Burnand), "Little Jack Sheppard" (1885), "Monte Cristo Jr." (1886), "Miss Esmeralda" (1887), "Frankenstein, or The Vampire's Victim" (1887), "Faust up to Date" (1888), "Ruy Blas and the Blasé Roué" (1888), "Carmen up to Data" (1890), and "Cinder Ellen up too Late" (1891). Gilbert himself had written a series of burlesques of opera early in his career, including "Robert the Devil" (1868), which was the Gaiety's first burlesque.