Bayes's Opera

Bayes's Opera is a 1730 ballad opera by the British writer Gabriel Odingsells. It was part of a boom in ballad operas that followed in the wake of the success of John Gay's The Beggar's Opera.
The original Drury Lane cast included Theophilus Cibber as Bays, Edward [Berry (actor)|Edward Berry] as Pantomine, Roger Bridgewater as Lord Briton, James Oates as Bassoon, James Rosco as Crowdero, Joe [Miller (actor)|Joe Miller] as Harlequin, John Harper as Crispin, Kitty Clive as Dulceda, Frances Cross as Belinda, Elizabeth Butler as Arabella and Mary [Heron (actress)|Mary Heron] as Farcia.