 He supplied Drury Lane with a romantic melodrama called "The Cataract of the Ganges; or, The Rajah’s Daughter" which gave the national theatre an opportunity of displaying upon its stage both real horses and a real waterfall.This work became very popular with performances at provincial theatres throughout England.In 1830, he conceived the operatic drama Van Diemen's Land, concerning the notorious bush-ranger Michael Howe.