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The Beggar's Opera

The Beggar's Opera1953

★5.194 minHistoryCrimeMusic

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

Director

Writer

Christopher Fry Denis Cannan

Score

Arthur Bliss Johann Christoph Pepusch

Stars

Laurence Olivier Hugh Griffith George Rose

Cast44

Laurence Olivier
as MacHeath
Hugh Griffith
as The Beggar
George Rose
as 1st Turnkey
Stuart Burge
as 1st Prisoner
C
Cyril Conway
as 2nd Prisoner
G
Gerald Lawson
as 3rd Prisoner
Dorothy Tutin
as Polly Peachum
George Devine
as Peachum
Mary Clare
as Mrs. Peachum
E
Edward Pryor
as Filch
Athene Seyler
as Mrs. Trapes
Stanley Holloway
as Mr. Lockit
Daphne Anderson
as Lucy Lockit
Eric Pohlmann
as Inn Keeper
Yvonne Furneaux
as Jenny Diver
Kenneth Williams
as Jack the Pot Boy
Sandra Dorne
as Sukey Tawdry
Laurence Naismith
as Matt of the Mint
M
Max Brent
as A Drunkard
M
Mercy Haystead
as Dolly Trull
Patricia Raine
as Mrs. Slammekin
J
Jocelyn James
as Molly Brazen
I
Isabel George
as Mrs. Vixen
Helen Christie
as Betty Doxey
J
John Kidd
as 2nd Turnkey
H
Herbert C. Walton
as 3rd Turnkey
E
Eugene Leahy
as 4th Turnkey
E
Edgar Norfolk
as 5th Turnkey
O
Oliver Hunter
as 2nd Chairman
M
Madge Brindley
as Gin Seller
F
Felix Felton
as Governor
D
Denis Cannan
as John, the Footman
Margot Grahame
as The Actress
T
Tamba Allen
as Negro Page
T
Terence Greenidge
as Chaplain
B
Billy Wells
as Hangman
A
Adele Leigh
as Singing voice
J
Jennifer Vyvyan
as Singing voice
E
Edith Coates
as Singing voice
J
Joan Cross
as Singing voice
J
John Cameron
as Singer
B
Bruce Boyce
as Singing voice
A
Alanna Boyce
as Urchin
J
John Baker
as 2nd Chairman

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