The Beggar's Opera
1953-08-24Adaptation of John Gay's 18th century opera, featuring Laurence Olivier as MacHeath and Hugh Griffith as the Beggar.

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

MacHeath
Laurence Olivier

The Beggar
Hugh Griffith

1st Turnkey
George Rose

1st Prisoner
Stuart Burge
2nd Prisoner
Cyril Conway
3rd Prisoner
Gerald Lawson

Polly Peachum
Dorothy Tutin

Peachum
George Devine

Mrs. Peachum
Mary Clare
Filch
Edward Pryor

Mrs. Trapes
Athene Seyler

Mr. Lockit
Stanley Holloway

Lucy Lockit
Daphne Anderson

Inn Keeper
Eric Pohlmann

Jenny Diver
Yvonne Furneaux

Jack the Pot Boy
Kenneth Williams

Sukey Tawdry
Sandra Dorne

Matt of the Mint
Laurence Naismith
A Drunkard
Max Brent
Dolly Trull
Mercy Haystead

Mrs. Slammekin
Patricia Raine
Molly Brazen
Jocelyn James
Mrs. Vixen
Isabel George

Betty Doxey
Helen Christie
2nd Turnkey
John Kidd
3rd Turnkey
Herbert C. Walton
4th Turnkey
Eugene Leahy
5th Turnkey
Edgar Norfolk
2nd Chairman
Oliver Hunter
Gin Seller
Madge Brindley
Governor
Felix Felton
John, the Footman
Denis Cannan

The Actress
Margot Grahame
Negro Page
Tamba Allen
Chaplain
Terence Greenidge
Hangman
Billy Wells
Singing voice
Adele Leigh
Singing voice
Jennifer Vyvyan
Singing voice
Edith Coats
Singing voice
Joan Cross
Singer
John Cameron
Singing voice
Bruce Boyce
Urchin
Alanna Boyce
2nd Chairman
John Baker