Gay/Britten: The Beggar's Opera
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1963
1h 34m
Music
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..
Directed by Charles R. Rogers
Top cast
R
Roger Jerome
The BeggarD
David Hartley
The Manager of the Company/Mat of the MintB
Brian Handley
The Stage Manager/Slippery SamD
David Kelly
PeachumB
Bernard Dickerson
Filch/Wat DrearyA
Anna Pollak
Mrs. PeachumJ
Janet Baker
Polly PeachumK
Kenneth McKellar
Captain MacheathB
Bryan Drake
Lockit
Heather Harper
Lucy LockitE
Edith Coates
Mrs. TrapesJ
Joan Edwards
Jenny DiverP
Philip May
Ben BudgeJ
Jack Irons
Tom TippleJ
John Gibbs
Crook-finger'd JackA
Andrew Snarski
Harry PaddingtonP
Patricia Brigenshaw
Mrs. CoaxerS
Sally Langford
Dolly TrullC
Carolyn Maia
Mrs. VixenA
Angela Jenkins
Betty DoxyDetails
Status
Released
Release date
February 28, 1963
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Language
English
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