some of law's plays for the german reeds include "a night surprise" in 1877 (under the pseudonym, "west cromer"), "a happy bungalow" (1877), with music by charles king hall; "cherry tree farm" (1881) and "nobody’s fault" (1882), both with music by hamilton clarke. in 1881, he wrote "uncle samuel", a curtain raiser for the d'oyly carte opera company played at the opera comique, with music by george grossmith. it played, together with "patience", in 1881, and law appeared in the role of john bird. law later appeared on stage at the savoy theatre as mr. wranglebury in the companion piece "mock turtles" in 1882, and as major murgatroyd in "patience" in 1882, filling in for frank thornton.