Haines created the nautical melodramatic romance titled The Wizard Skiff; or, The Tongueless Pirate Boy in the early 1830s.

A travesti role created for Céline Céleste, she took on the roles of Alexa Mavrona, a Greek lady; Alexis, the leader of the Wizard Skiff; and Agata, a Zingari boy.

[2] Madame Céleste had once performed The Wizard Skiff 150 times in one year.

[3] The play was set along a coastal Russian military village and featured a villain who posed as a Muslim Russian count, with a backstory of exterminating a Greek Archon and his family, sparing only a baby girl named Alexa whose tongue was cut out.

[3] Based on a performance at the Bristol Old Vic on 26 September 1834, the cast was the following:[2] Greek characters included: Russian Characters included: Variations of the play were titled The Wizard Skiff; or, The Tongueless Pirate Boy and The Wizard Skiff; or, The Massacre of Scio.