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..
Directed by Charles R. Rogers
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Cast
- Roger Jerome The Beggar
- David Hartley The Manager of the Company/Mat of the Mint
- Brian Handley The Stage Manager/Slippery Sam
- David Kelly Peachum
- Bernard Dickerson Filch/Wat Dreary
- Anna Pollak Mrs. Peachum
- Janet Baker Polly Peachum
- Kenneth McKellar Captain Macheath
- Bryan Drake Lockit
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Heather Harper Lucy Lockit - Edith Coates Mrs. Trapes
- Joan Edwards Jenny Diver
Make it a double feature
2h 58m together
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