The fashion in the late Victorian era was to present long evenings in the theatre .
So producer Richard D'Oyly Carte preceded his Savoy operas with curtain raisers such as Dora 's Dream .
The fashion in the late Victorian era was to present long evenings in the theatre , and so producer Richard D'Oyly Carte preceded his Savoy operas with curtain raisers such as Dora 's Dream .