Gay/Britten: The Beggar's Opera
February 28, 1963
1h 34m
Overview
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..
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Cast
Roger Jerome
The BeggarDavid Hartley
The Manager of the Company/Mat of the MintBrian Handley
The Stage Manager/Slippery SamDavid Kelly
PeachumBernard Dickerson
Filch/Wat DrearyAnna Pollak
Mrs. PeachumJanet Baker
Polly PeachumKenneth McKellar
Captain MacheathBryan Drake
Lockit
Heather Harper
Lucy LockitEdith Coates
Mrs. TrapesJoan Edwards
Jenny DiverPhilip May
Ben BudgeJack Irons
Tom TippleJohn Gibbs
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