The Beggar's Opera
Original title: The Beggar's Opera
Original language: enIMDB: tt0045547
TMDB: 248780
Release date: Monday, 24th August 1953
Adult: No
Duration: 1h 34min
Popularity: 2.187
Rate: 4.9 / 4 votes
Overview: Adaptation of John Gay's 18th century opera, featuring Laurence Olivier as MacHeath and Hugh Griffith as the Beggar.
Popularity: 2.187
Rate: 4.9 / 4 votes
Overview: Adaptation of John Gay's 18th century opera, featuring Laurence Olivier as MacHeath and Hugh Griffith as the Beggar.
Directors
Peter Brook
(Director)
(Director)Writers
Cast
Laurence Olivier
(MacHeath)
(MacHeath)Hugh Griffith
(The Beggar)
(The Beggar)George Rose
(1st Turnkey)
(1st Turnkey)Stuart Burge
(1st Prisoner)
(1st Prisoner)Cyril Conway
(2nd Prisoner)
(2nd Prisoner)Gerald Lawson (3rd Prisoner)
(3rd Prisoner)Dorothy Tutin
(Polly Peachum)
(Polly Peachum)George Devine
(Peachum)
(Peachum)Mary Clare
(Mrs. Peachum)
(Mrs. Peachum)Edward Pryor (Filch)
(Filch)Athene Seyler
(Mrs. Trapes)
(Mrs. Trapes)Stanley Holloway
(Mr. Lockit)
(Mr. Lockit)Daphne Anderson
(Lucy Lockit)
(Lucy Lockit)Eric Pohlmann
(Inn Keeper)
(Inn Keeper)Yvonne Furneaux
(Jenny Diver)
(Jenny Diver)Kenneth Williams
(Jack the Pot Boy)
(Jack the Pot Boy)Sandra Dorne
(Sukey Tawdry)
(Sukey Tawdry)Laurence Naismith
(Matt of the Mint)
(Matt of the Mint)Max Brent (A Drunkard)
(A Drunkard)Mercy Haystead (Dolly Trull)
(Dolly Trull)Patricia Raine
(Mrs. Slammekin)
(Mrs. Slammekin)Jocelyn James (Molly Brazen)
(Molly Brazen)Isabel George (Mrs. Vixen)
(Mrs. Vixen)Helen Christie
(Betty Doxey)
(Betty Doxey)John Kidd (2nd Turnkey)
(2nd Turnkey)Herbert C. Walton (3rd Turnkey)
(3rd Turnkey)Eugene Leahy (4th Turnkey)
(4th Turnkey)Edgar Norfolk (5th Turnkey)
(5th Turnkey)Oliver Hunter (2nd Chairman)
(2nd Chairman)Madge Brindley (Gin Seller)
(Gin Seller)Felix Felton (Governor)
(Governor)Denis Cannan (John, the Footman)
(John, the Footman)Margot Grahame
(The Actress)
(The Actress)Tamba Allen (Negro Page)
(Negro Page)Terence Greenidge (Chaplain)
(Chaplain)Billy Wells (Hangman)
(Hangman)Adele Leigh (Singing voice)
(Singing voice)Jennifer Vyvyan (Singing voice)
(Singing voice)Edith Coats (Singing voice)
(Singing voice)Joan Cross (Singing voice)
(Singing voice)John Cameron (Singer)
(Singer)Bruce Boyce (Singing voice)
(Singing voice)Alanna Boyce (Urchin)
(Urchin)John Baker (2nd Chairman)
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