Plays
- The World, co-written with Paul John Meritt (1843/4–1895) and Henry Pettitt, was Harris's first production, performed at Drury Lane, 1880
- Youth, co-written with Meritt, 1881
- Pluck: A Story of ₤50,000, co-written with Pettitt, produced at Drury Lane, 1882
- A Sailor and His Lass, co-written with Robert Williams Buchanan, 1883
- Human Nature, co-written with Pettitt, 1885
- A Run of Luck, co-written with Pettitt, 1886
- Pleasure, co-written with Meritt, 1887
- The Spanish Armada, co-written with Henry Hamilton, 1888
- The Royal Oak', co-written with Hamilton, 1889, was the basis of a 1923 silent film of the same name.
- A Million of Money, co-written with Pettitt, performed at Drury Lane, 1890
- A Life of Pleasure, co-written with Pettitt, 1893
- Dick Whittington, co-written with Cecil Raleigh and Hamilton
- Robinson Crusoe, 1893
- Cheer, Boys, Cheer, co-written with Raleigh and Hamilton, 1895
- The Little Genius, adaptation from the German with Arthur Sturgess
- The Soudan, co-written with Pettitt
- The Derby Winner, co-written with Hamilton and Raleigh, 1895, was produced in the United States under the title The Sporting Duchess. It was the basis of silent films of the same names in 1915 and 1923
- Jack and the beanstalk, or, Harlequin and the midwinter night's dream, co-written with Harry Nicholls
- The Opera Cloak, adaptation from the French with L. D. Powles
- A Puzzled Painter, co-written with Francis Clement Philips, was published after his death.
- The Prodigal Daughter, co-written with Pettitt, produced at Drury Lane, 1892
- Burmah, co-written with Pettitt, produced on Broadway in 1896
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