Gay/Britten: The Beggar's Opera
Charles R. Rogers
1963 • 1h 34m
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 disti...
Cast
Roger JeromeThe Beggar
David HartleyThe Manager of the Company/Mat of the Mint
Brian HandleyThe Stage Manager/Slippery Sam
David KellyPeachum
Bernard DickersonFilch/Wat Dreary
Anna PollakMrs. Peachum
Janet BakerPolly Peachum
Kenneth McKellarCaptain Macheath
Bryan DrakeLockit
Edith CoatesMrs. Trapes
Joan EdwardsJenny Diver
Philip MayBen Budge
Jack IronsTom Tipple
John GibbsCrook-finger'd Jack
