Bayes's Opera

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Bayes's Opera
Written by Gabriel Odingsells
Date premiered30 March 1730 [1]
Place premiered Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
Original languageEnglish
GenreComedy

Bayes's Opera is a 1730 ballad opera by the British writer Gabriel Odingsells. [2] 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 as Pantomine, Roger Bridgewater as Lord Briton, James Oates as Bassoon, James Rosco as Crowdero, Joe Miller as Harlequin, John Harper as Crispin, Kitty Clive as Dulceda, Frances Cross as Belinda, Elizabeth Butler as Arabella and Mary Heron as Farcia.

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References

  1. Burling p.134
  2. Nicoll p.347

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