Gay/Britten: The Beggar's Opera (1963)
19631h 34mMusic
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..
Cast
- RRoger JeromeThe Beggar
- DDavid HartleyThe Manager of the Company/Mat of the Mint
- BBrian HandleyThe Stage Manager/Slippery Sam
- DDavid KellyPeachum
- BBernard DickersonFilch/Wat Dreary
- AAnna PollakMrs. Peachum
- JJanet BakerPolly Peachum
- KKenneth McKellarCaptain Macheath
- BBryan DrakeLockit
Heather HarperLucy Lockit- EEdith CoatesMrs. Trapes
- JJoan EdwardsJenny Diver
- PPhilip MayBen Budge
- JJack IronsTom Tipple
- JJohn GibbsCrook-finger'd Jack
- AAndrew SnarskiHarry Paddington
- PPatricia BrigenshawMrs. Coaxer
- SSally LangfordDolly Trull
Crew
- Director
- Charles R. Rogers
- Music
- Benjamin Britten
Details
- Released
- February 28, 1963
- Language
- English
- IMDb
- tt6327156