In 1715, probably with some help from Pope, he produced "The What D'Ye Call It?", a dramatic skit on contemporary tragedy, with special reference to Thomas Otway's "Venice Preserv'd". This appeared on 23 February 1715 as an afterpiece at Drury Lane to Nicholas Rowe's tragedy "Jane Shore". It left the public so ignorant of its inner meaning that Lewis Theobald and Benjamin Griffin published a "Complete Key to What D'Ye Call It" to explain it. The play also featured a ballad "Twas When the Seas Were Roaring" co-written with George Frideric Handel which became a hit in its own right.