The Beggar's Opera

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

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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 Coats

(Singing voice)

Joan Cross

(Singing voice)

John Cameron

(Singer)

Bruce Boyce

(Singing voice)

Alanna Boyce

(Urchin)

John Baker

(2nd Chairman)