Gay/Britten: The Beggar's Opera

1963Directed by Charles R. Rogers

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Released: February 28, 1963
Runtime: 1h 34m

About Gay/Britten: The Beggar's Opera

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Synopsis

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..

Director: Charles R. Rogers
Writer: John Gay

Principal cast

In billing order

Roger JeromeThe Beggar
David HartleyThe Manager of the Company/Mat of the Mint
Brian HandleyThe Stage Manager/Slippery Sam
David KellyPeachum
Bernard DickersonFilch/Wat Dreary
Anna PollakMrs. Peachum

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