Gay/Britten: The Beggar's Opera Trailer (1963)

28 February 1963 Music 94 mins

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..

Watch the official Gay/Britten: The Beggar's Opera 1963 trailer in HD below or find more Gay/Britten: The Beggar's Opera videos on Vidimovie.

Watch Full Movies Online

Watch Movies Now

Sorry, we can't find the movie trailer you're looking for.

Either a trailer for this movie has not been released yet, or it was removed following a request from the copyright holder.

Find more trailers

Cast

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

Bryan Drake as Lockit

Heather Harper as Lucy Lockit

Edith Coates as Mrs. Trapes

Joan Edwards as Jenny Diver

Philip May as Ben Budge

Jack Irons as Tom Tipple

John Gibbs as Crook-finger'd Jack

Andrew Snarski as Harry Paddington

Crew

Meredith Davies Conductor

Alix Stone Set Decoration

Benjamin Britten Original Music Composer

John Gay Theatre Play

International Releases Dates

United Kingdom 28 February 1963

Popular movie trailers from 1963

These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1963:

Tribute to Lester Horton Trailer (1963)

28 July 1963

A dance performance salute to choreographer-dancer Lester Horton with Alvin Ailey, Carmen de Lavallade and James Truitte, all former members of his company.

Glashauskomödie Trailer (1963)

18 August 1963

König Ödipus Trailer (1963)

04 May 1963

Kaiser Joseph und die Bahnwärterstochter Trailer (1963)

08 March 1963

En vacker dag Trailer (1963)

21 December 1963

Stellan Engman is Swedens most unpopular person. He is the meteorologist presenting the disappointing weather outlook in TV.

Maškaráda Trailer (1963)

02 October 1963

A 16 Year Old Young-Woman Trailer (1963)

28 February 1963

Papa hires a "boyfriend" to indulge her in her fantasies of old-fashioned romance.

Die Möwe Trailer (1963)

09 July 1963

Qué bonito es querer Trailer (1963)

12 July 1963

Judo Life Trailer (1963)

21 April 1963

Sonny Chiba's first martial arts film, a partially fictionalized judo biopic based on prominent judoka Shiro Saigo (Chiba), the second student of judo founder Jigoro Kano (Naoki Sugiura).

Mister Wong Trailer (1963)

10 November 1963

Popular comic strip character comes to life.

The Baldheaded Gang Trailer (1963)

15 February 1963

August 1961. The former Foreign Legionnaire, King, has collected a gang of hooligans, with whom he creates mischief in the GDR.

Comments

Have you watched Gay/Britten: The Beggar's Opera yet? What did you think about it?