The Beggar's Opera

  • History
  • Crime
  • Music
8/24/1953
94
NR

Storyline

Adaptation of John Gay's 18th century opera, featuring Laurence Olivier as MacHeath and Hugh Griffith as the Beggar.

Director:
Peter Brook
Writers:
Christopher Fry
Denis Cannan
    • opera

    Cast

    • Laurence Olivier
      MacHeath
    • Hugh Griffith
      The Beggar
    • George Rose
      1st Turnkey
    • Stuart Burge
      1st Prisoner
    • Cyril Conway
      2nd Prisoner
    • Gerald Lawson
      3rd Prisoner
    • Dorothy Tutin
      Polly Peachum
    • George Devine
      Peachum
    • Mary Clare
      Mrs. Peachum
    • Edward Pryor
      Filch
    • Athene Seyler
      Mrs. Trapes
    • Stanley Holloway
      Mr. Lockit
    • Daphne Anderson
      Lucy Lockit
    • Eric Pohlmann
      Inn Keeper
    • Yvonne Furneaux
      Jenny Diver
    • Kenneth Williams
      Jack the Pot Boy

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