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The Beggar's Opera

1953 · Peter Brook · 94 min

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

Laurence OlivierMacHeath

Hugh GriffithThe Beggar

George Rose1st Turnkey

Stuart Burge1st Prisoner CCyril Conway2nd Prisoner GGerald Lawson3rd Prisoner

Dorothy TutinPolly Peachum

George DevinePeachum

Mary ClareMrs. Peachum EEdward PryorFilch

Athene SeylerMrs. Trapes

Stanley HollowayMr. Lockit

Daphne AndersonLucy Lockit

Eric PohlmannInn Keeper

Yvonne FurneauxJenny Diver

Cast

Laurence OlivierMacHeath

Hugh GriffithThe Beggar

George Rose1st Turnkey

Stuart Burge1st Prisoner CCyril Conway2nd Prisoner GGerald Lawson3rd Prisoner

Dorothy TutinPolly Peachum

George DevinePeachum

Mary ClareMrs. Peachum EEdward PryorFilch

Athene SeylerMrs. Trapes

Stanley HollowayMr. Lockit

Daphne AndersonLucy Lockit

Eric PohlmannInn Keeper

Yvonne FurneauxJenny Diver

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