Gay/Britten: The Beggar's Opera (1963)
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 arrangements at its heart, Britten's 1948 adaptation was a significant revision, amounting to a new twentieth-century opera. The BBC film, originally broadcast in 1963, feature a superb cast of English singers..
Year
1963
Country
GB
Language
English
Release date
28 February 1963
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R
Roger Jerome
The Beggar
D
David Hartley
The Manager of the Company/Mat of the Mint
B
Brian Handley
The Stage Manager/Slippery Sam
D
David Kelly
Peachum
B
Bernard Dickerson
Filch/Wat Dreary
A
Anna Pollak
Mrs. Peachum
J
Janet Baker
Polly Peachum
K
Kenneth McKellar
Captain Macheath
B
Bryan Drake
Lockit
Heather Harper
Lucy Lockit
E
Edith Coates
Mrs. Trapes
J
Joan Edwards
Jenny Diver
P
Philip May
Ben Budge
J
Jack Irons
Tom Tipple
J
John Gibbs
Crook-finger'd Jack
A
Andrew Snarski
Harry Paddington
P
Patricia Brigenshaw
Mrs. Coaxer
S
Sally Langford
Dolly Trull
C
Carolyn Maia
Mrs. Vixen
A
Angela Jenkins
Betty Doxy
J
Joan Clarkson
Mrs Slammekin
A
Alice Hynd
Suky Tawdry
S
Shelia Amit
Molly Brazen
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