sentences:  Other plays were W. S. Gilbert's "Allow Me To Explain" (1867; this ran as a companion piece to Robertson's "Caste") and "Sweethearts" (1874), as well as "Tame Cats" (1868), Lytton's "Money" (1872), "The School for Scandal" (1874), a revival of Boucicault's "London Assurance" (1877), and "Diplomacy" (Clement Scott's 1878 adaptation of Sardou's "Dora").A number of prominent actors played at the theatre during this period, among them John Hare, Charles Coghlan, the Kendals, and Ellen Terry.A big success in 1881 was F. C. Burnand's "The Colonel", which went on to run for 550 performances, transferring to the Imperial Theatre.