The Beggar's Opera
Peter Brook1953-08-24
4.1
94 min
Adaptation of John Gay's 18th century opera, featuring Laurence Olivier as MacHeath and Hugh Griffith as the Beggar.
Cast
| Name | Character | Team | |
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Laurence Olivier | MacHeath | Unowned |
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Hugh Griffith | The Beggar | Unowned |
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George Rose | 1st Turnkey | Unowned |
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Stuart Burge | 1st Prisoner | Unowned |
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Cyril Conway | 2nd Prisoner | Unowned |
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Gerald Lawson | 3rd Prisoner | Unowned |
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Dorothy Tutin | Polly Peachum | Unowned |
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George Devine | Peachum | Unowned |
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Mary Clare | Mrs. Peachum | Unowned |
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Edward Pryor | Filch | Unowned |
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Athene Seyler | Mrs. Trapes | Unowned |
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Stanley Holloway | Mr. Lockit | Unowned |
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Daphne Anderson | Lucy Lockit | Unowned |
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Eric Pohlmann | Inn Keeper | Unowned |
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Yvonne Furneaux | Jenny Diver | Unowned |
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Kenneth Williams | Jack the Pot Boy | Unowned |
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Sandra Dorne | Sukey Tawdry | Unowned |
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Laurence Naismith | Matt of the Mint | Unowned |
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Max Brent | A Drunkard | Unowned |
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Mercy Haystead | Dolly Trull | Unowned |
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Patricia Raine | Mrs. Slammekin | Unowned |
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Jocelyn James | Molly Brazen | Unowned |
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Isabel George | Mrs. Vixen | Unowned |
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Helen Christie | Betty Doxey | Unowned |
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John Kidd | 2nd Turnkey | Unowned |
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Herbert C. Walton | 3rd Turnkey | Unowned |
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Eugene Leahy | 4th Turnkey | Unowned |
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Edgar Norfolk | 5th Turnkey | Unowned |
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Oliver Hunter | 2nd Chairman | Unowned |
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Madge Brindley | Gin Seller | Unowned |
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Felix Felton | Governor | Unowned |
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Denis Cannan | John, the Footman | Unowned |
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Margot Grahame | The Actress | Unowned |
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Tamba Allen | Negro Page | Unowned |
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Terence Greenidge | Chaplain | Unowned |
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Billy Wells | Hangman | Unowned |
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Adele Leigh | Singing voice | Unowned |
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Jennifer Vyvyan | Singing voice | Unowned |
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Edith Coats | Singing voice | Unowned |
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Joan Cross | Singing voice | Unowned |
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John Cameron | Singer | Unowned |
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Bruce Boyce | Singing voice | Unowned |
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Alanna Boyce | Urchin | Unowned |
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John Baker | 2nd Chairman | Unowned |