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..

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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

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