 After Sir Ben Fuller's death in 1952, Garnet H. Carroll assumed complete control.For the following 12 years, often in association with other entrepreneurs, he presented an eclectic array of opera, ballet, musical comedy and drama, though he was constrained by the lack of an interstate circuit.At the Princess in 1954 he hosted the National Theatre Movement’s gala performance of "The Tales of Hoffmann" for Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip.