Midas is a burletta, or 'mock opera', by Kane O'Hara. Other early musical theatre in America consisted of British forms, such as burletta and pantomime. Shown the next season was a burletta by Pocock called ""Harry Le Roy"". In the minor theatres, burletta and melodrama were the most popular. The Recruiting Serjeant is a burletta by composer Charles Dibdin and playwright Isaac Bickerstaff.