Gay/Britten: The Beggar's Opera

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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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Creators

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Charles R. Rogers

director

John Gay

writer

Cast

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Roger Jerome actor

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David Hartley actor

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Brian Handley actor David Kelly actor

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Bernard Dickerson actor

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Anna Pollak actor

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Janet Baker actor

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Kenneth McKellar actor

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Bryan Drake actor

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Heather Harper actor

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Edith Coates actor

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Joan Edwards actor

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Philip May actor

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Jack Irons actor

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John Gibbs actor

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Andrew Snarski actor

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Patricia Brigenshaw actor

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Sally Langford actor

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Carolyn Maia actor

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Angela Jenkins actor