Gay/Britten: The Beggar's Opera
Charles R. Rogers1963-02-28
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94 min
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..
Cast
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Roger Jerome | The Beggar | Unowned |
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David Hartley | The Manager of the Company/Mat of the Mint | Unowned |
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Brian Handley | The Stage Manager/Slippery Sam | Unowned |
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David Kelly | Peachum | Unowned |
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Bernard Dickerson | Filch/Wat Dreary | Unowned |
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Anna Pollak | Mrs. Peachum | Unowned |
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Janet Baker | Polly Peachum | Unowned |
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Kenneth McKellar | Captain Macheath | Unowned |
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Bryan Drake | Lockit | Unowned |
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Heather Harper | Lucy Lockit | Unowned |
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Edith Coates | Mrs. Trapes | Unowned |
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Joan Edwards | Jenny Diver | Unowned |
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Philip May | Ben Budge | Unowned |
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Jack Irons | Tom Tipple | Unowned |
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John Gibbs | Crook-finger'd Jack | Unowned |
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Andrew Snarski | Harry Paddington | Unowned |
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Patricia Brigenshaw | Mrs. Coaxer | Unowned |
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Sally Langford | Dolly Trull | Unowned |
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Carolyn Maia | Mrs. Vixen | Unowned |
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Angela Jenkins | Betty Doxy | Unowned |
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Joan Clarkson | Mrs Slammekin | Unowned |
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Alice Hynd | Suky Tawdry | Unowned |
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Shelia Amit | Molly Brazen | Unowned |