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Gay/Britten: The Beggar's Opera

1963 1h 34m Dir. Charles R. Rogers

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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..

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Year
1963
Runtime
1h 34m
Genre
Music
Director
Charles R. Rogers
Language
EN

Cast

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Roger Jerome
The Beggar
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David Hartley
The Manager of the Com
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Brian Handley
The Stage Manager/Slip
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David Kelly
Peachum
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Bernard Dickerson
Filch/Wat Dreary
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Anna Pollak
Mrs. Peachum
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Janet Baker
Polly Peachum
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Kenneth McKellar
Captain Macheath
🎭 Music 🎬 Charles R. Rogers 👤 Roger Jerome 👤 David Hartley 👤 Brian Handley

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Questions about Gay/Britten: The Beggar's Opera

Gay/Britten: The Beggar's Opera has a runtime of 1h 34m (1 hour and 34 minutes).
Gay/Britten: The Beggar's Opera was directed by Charles R. Rogers and released in 1963.
Gay/Britten: The Beggar's Opera is a Music film (1963).
The cast of Gay/Britten: The Beggar's Opera includes Roger Jerome, David Hartley, Brian Handley, David Kelly, Bernard Dickerson.

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