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The Beggars Opera

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Directed by

Peter Brook

Written by

Writer

Role

Christopher Fry

Writer

Denis Cannan

Writer

John Gay

Libretto

Music by

Artist

Role

Arthur Bliss

Music

Starring

Actors

Character

Laurence Olivier

Captain 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 Tawdrey

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

Singing voice

Bruce Boyce

Singing voice

Alanna Boyce

Urchin

John Baker

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