Gay/Britten: The Beggar's Opera (1963)

1h 34m
Running Time

February 28, 1963
Release Date

Gay/Britten:  The Beggar's Opera

Gay/Britten: The Beggar's Opera (1963)

1h 34m
Running Time

February 28, 1963
Release Date

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Plot.

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 & Crew.

Roger Jerome

Roger Jerome

The Beggar

David Hartley

David Hartley

The Manager of the Company/Mat of the Mint

Brian Handley

Brian Handley

The Stage Manager/Slippery Sam

David Kelly

David Kelly

Peachum

Bernard Dickerson

Bernard Dickerson

Filch/Wat Dreary

Anna Pollak

Anna Pollak

Mrs. Peachum

Janet Baker

Janet Baker

Polly Peachum

Kenneth McKellar

Kenneth McKellar

Captain Macheath

Bernard Dickerson

Bernard Dickerson

Filch, Peachum's Servant

Bryan Drake

Bryan Drake

Lockit

Heather Harper

Heather Harper

Lucy Lockit

Janet Baker

Janet Baker

Polly Peachum

Edith Coates

Edith Coates

Mrs. Trapes

Joan Edwards

Joan Edwards

Jenny Diver

Philip May

Philip May

Ben Budge

Jack Irons

Jack Irons

Tom Tipple

John Gibbs

John Gibbs

Crook-Finger'd Jack (Macheath's Gang)

John Gibbs

John Gibbs

Crook-finger'd Jack

Charles R. Rogers

Charles R. Rogers

Director

Andrew Snarski

Andrew Snarski

Harry Paddington

John Gay

John Gay

Writer

Patricia Brigenshaw

Patricia Brigenshaw

Mrs. Coaxer

Sally Langford

Sally Langford

Dolly Trull

Carolyn Maia

Carolyn Maia

Mrs. Vixen

Angela Jenkins

Angela Jenkins

Betty Doxy

Joan Clarkson

Joan Clarkson

Mrs Slammekin

Alice Hynd

Alice Hynd

Suky Tawdry

Shelia Amit

Shelia Amit

Molly Brazen

Meredith Davies

Meredith Davies

Conductor

Alix Stone

Alix Stone

Set Decoration

John Gay

John Gay

Original Music Composer

Benjamin Britten

Benjamin Britten

Original Music Composer

Charles R. Rogers

Charles R. Rogers

Director

Details.

Release Date
February 28, 1963

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 34m

Genres

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