 On 8 and 10 September 1829 Burn's play, "The Bushrangers", was acted at the Caledonian Theatre, Edinburgh, with success.Early in January 1830 his farce, "Manias and Maniacs" (afterwards renamed "Our First Lieutenant") was played at the same theatre for several successive nights.In 1830 Burn returned to Van Diemen's Land and revisited England with his mother in 1836.