Gay/Britten: The Beggar's Opera 1963
Gay/Britten: The Beggar's Opera
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..
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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Full Cast & CrewRJ
Roger Jerome... The Beggar
... The Manager of the Company/Mat of the Mint
... The Stage Manager/Slippery Sam
DK
David Kelly... Peachum
... Filch/Wat Dreary
AP
Anna Pollak... Mrs. Peachum
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Release Date:
Feb 28, 1963
Run Time:
1hr 34`
MMPA Rating:
Original Language:
English
Status:
Released
Cast & Crew of
Gay/Britten: The Beggar's Opera
Directors & Credit Writers
... Director
Cast
RJ
Roger Jerome... The Beggar
... The Manager of the Company/Mat of the Mint
... The Stage Manager/Slippery Sam
DK
David Kelly... Peachum
... Filch/Wat Dreary
AP
Anna Pollak... Mrs. Peachum
JB
Janet Baker... Polly Peachum
... Captain Macheath
BD
Bryan Drake... Lockit
... Lucy Lockit
EC
Edith Coates... Mrs. Trapes
JE
Joan Edwards... Jenny Diver
PM
Philip May... Ben Budge
JI
Jack Irons... Tom Tipple
JG
John Gibbs... Crook-finger'd Jack
... Harry Paddington
... Mrs. Coaxer
... Dolly Trull
CM
Carolyn Maia... Mrs. Vixen
... Betty Doxy