
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
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