Gay/Britten: The Beggar's Opera

Name: Gay/Britten: The Beggar's Opera
Cast: Roger Jerome, David Hartley, Brian Handley, David Kelly, Bernard Dickerson

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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

Director: Charles R. Rogers

Roger Jerome

as The Beggar

David Hartley

as The Manager of the Company/Mat of the Mint

Brian Handley

as The Stage Manager/Slippery Sam

David Kelly

as Peachum

Bernard Dickerson

as Filch/Wat Dreary

Anna Pollak

as Mrs. Peachum

Janet Baker

as Polly Peachum

Kenneth McKellar

as Captain Macheath

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