The Beggar's Opera
Overview
Adaptation of John Gay's 18th century opera, featuring Laurence Olivier as MacHeath and Hugh Griffith as the Beggar.
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Release date
24/08/1953
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6
Popularity
1.7
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
Sandra Dorne
Sukey Tawdry
Laurence Naismith
Matt of the Mint
Max Brent
A Drunkard
Mercy Haystead
Dolly Trull
Patricia Raine
Mrs. Slammekin
Jocelyn James
Molly Brazen
Isabel George
Mrs. Vixen
Helen Christie
Betty Doxey
John Kidd
2nd Turnkey
Herbert C. Walton
3rd Turnkey
Eugene Leahy
4th Turnkey
Edgar Norfolk
5th Turnkey
Oliver Hunter
2nd Chairman
Madge Brindley
Gin Seller
Felix Felton
Governor
Denis Cannan
John, the Footman
Margot Grahame
The Actress
Tamba Allen
Negro Page
Terence Greenidge
Chaplain
Billy Wells
Hangman
Adele Leigh
Singing voice
Jennifer Vyvyan
Singing voice
Edith Coates
Singing voice
Joan Cross
Singing voice
John Cameron
Singer
Bruce Boyce
Singing voice
Alanna Boyce
Urchin
John Baker
2nd Chairman
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