Savoy opera
A particularly hot summer in London did not help ticket sales for "Princess Ida" and forced Carte to close the theatre during the heat of August. The piece ran for a comparatively short 246 performances, and for the first time since 1877, the opera closed before the next Savoy opera was ready to open. "Princess Ida" was not revived in London until 1919. Some of these events are dramatised in the 1999 film "Topsy-Turvy".