Gay/Britten: The Beggar's Opera

0.0 1963 94 min
Music

A huge success at its first performance in 1728 John Gay's The Beggar's Opera satirized the conventions of Italian opera, using popular tunes to tell the story of rogues and criminals. With his distinctive musical arra…

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Director
Charles R. Rogers

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Roger Jerome The Beggar
David Hartley The Manager of the Company/Mat of the Mint
Brian Handley The Stage Manager/Slippery Sam
David Kelly Peachum
Bernard Dickerson Filch/Wat Dreary
Anna Pollak Mrs. Peachum
Janet Baker Polly Peachum
Kenneth McKellar Captain Macheath
Bryan Drake Lockit
Heather Harper Lucy Lockit
Edith Coates Mrs. Trapes
Joan Edwards Jenny Diver
Philip May Ben Budge
Jack Irons Tom Tipple
John Gibbs Crook-finger'd Jack
Andrew Snarski Harry Paddington
Patricia Brigenshaw Mrs. Coaxer
Sally Langford Dolly Trull

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