The Beggar's Opera (1953)

Synopsis

Cast & Credits

• Cast

  • • The Beggar

      Hugh Griffith

    • 1st turnkey

      George Rose

    • 1st prisoner

      Stuart Burge

    • The Footman

      Denis Cannan

    • 2nd prisoner

      Cyril Conway

    • 3rd prisoner

      Gerald Lawson

    • young female traveller

      Eileen Harvey

    • Polly Peachum

      Dorothy Tutin

    • Polly Peachum (singing voice)

      Adele Leigh

    • Peachum

      George Devine

    • Peachum (singing voice)

      Bruce Boyle

    • Mrs. Peachum

      Mary Clare

    • Mrs. Peachum (singing voice)

      Edith Coates

    • Filch

      Edward Pryor

    • Mrs. Trapes

      Athene Seyler

    • Mrs. Trapes (singing voice)

      Joan Cross

    • Lockit

      Stanley Holloway

    • Lucy Lockit

      Daphne Anderson

    • Lucy Lockit (singing voice)

      Jennifer Vyvyan

    • innkeeper

      Eric Pohlmann

    • Mrs. Coaxer

      Edith Coates

    • Jenny Diver

      Yvonne Furneaux

    • Jack the pot boy

      Kenneth Williams

    • Sukey Tawdrey

      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

      H.C. Walton

    • 4th turnkey

      Eugene Leahy

    • 5th turnkey

      Edgar Norfolk

    • 1st chairman

      Oliver Hunter

    • 2nd chairman

      John Baker

    • gin seller

      Madge Brindley

    • governor

      Felix Felton

    • John the footman

      Denis Cannan

    • the actress

      Margot Grahame

    • negro page

      Tamba Alleney

    • chaplain

      Terence Greenidge

    • hangman

      Billy Wells

    • Captain MacHeath

      Laurence Olivier

    • singing voice

      John Cameron

    • Singing Voice

      Jennifer Vyvyan

    • Singing Voice

      Bruce Boyce

    • Singing Voice

      Edith Coates

    • Singing Voice

      Adele Leigh

    • urchin

      Alanna Boyce

• Credits

  • Direction:

    • Directed by

      Peter Brook

    • Assistant Director

      Frank Hollands

    • Assistant Director

      Jack Causey  (uncredited)

    • 2nd Assistant Director

      Geoffrey Helman  (uncredited)

    • 2nd Assistant Director

      Harold Buck  (uncredited)

    • 3rd Assistant Director

      John Draper  (uncredited)

    • Continuity

      Elaine Schreyeck

    Rights:

    • ©

      Imperadio Pictures Limited

    Production:

    • Produced by

      Laurence Olivier

    • Produced by

      Herbert Wilcox

    • Associate Producer

      Eric Goodhead

    • Production Manager

      Wilcox, J.D.

    • Production Assistant

      John Brabourne

    • Produced at

      Shepperton Studios

    Casting:

    • Casting

      Patricia Smith

    Writing:

    • Screenplay by

      Denis Cannan

    • Additional Dialogue and Lyrics

      Christopher Fry

    • [Original Play] By

      John Gay

    Photography:

    • Photographed by

      Guy Green

    • Colour Consultant

      Joan Bridge

    • Camera Operator

      Austin Dempster

    • Camera Operator

      Denys Coop  (uncredited)

    • Camera Operator

      Arthur Ibbetson  (uncredited)

    • Camera Operator

      Herbert Salisbury  (uncredited)

    • Focus Puller

      Ken Gray  (uncredited)

    • Camera Assistant

      Godfrey Godar  (uncredited)

    • Camera Assistant

      Mike Brandt  (uncredited)

    • Camera Assistant

      Dennis Fox  (uncredited)

    • Camera Assistant

      Wally Fairweather  (uncredited)

    Stills:

    • Stills

      James Swarbrick  (uncredited)

    Special Effects:

    • Special Effects

      Wally Veevers

    • Special Effects

      George Samuels

    Editing:

    • Supervising Editor

      Reginald Beck

    • Assembly Cutter

      Basil Warren  (uncredited)

    • 1st Assistant Editor

      Tony Lowen  (uncredited)

    • 2nd Assistant Editor

      Ronald Freeman  (uncredited)

    • 2nd Assistant Editor

      Tony Williams  (uncredited)

    • 2nd Assistant Editor

      Derek Fairhead  (uncredited)

    Design:

    • Art Director

      William C. Andrews

    • Assistant Art Director

      Albert Witherick  (uncredited)

    • Opera Sets and Costumes

      Georges Wakhevitch

    • Set Dresser

      Townsend, Leonard

    • Draughtsman

      Frank Willson  (uncredited)

    • Scene Artist

      A. Van Montagu  (uncredited)

    Costumes:

    • Assistant Dress Designer

      Bernard Sarron  (uncredited)

    • Wardrobe Supervisor

      Maude Churchill

    Make-up:

    • Make-up

      Tony Sforzini

    • Hairdressing

      Joyce Wood

    Film processing:

    • Colour by

      Technicolor

    Music:

    • Music Arranged and Composed by

      Arthur Bliss

    • Sir Arthur Bliss's Score Conducted by

      Muir Mathieson

    • Repetiteur

      William Blezard

    Choreography:

    • Dance Arrangements

      Frank Staff

    Sound:

    • Sound Camera Operator

      James Dooley  (uncredited)

    • Sound Assistant

      Alan Blay  (uncredited)

    • Sound Assistant

      Jack Davis  (uncredited)

    • Sound Recordist

      Peter Handford

    • Sound Recordist

      Red Law

    • Boom Operator

      Bill Cook  (uncredited)

    • Boom Assistant

      Denis Kavanagh  (uncredited)

    • Dubbing Editor

      Gerry Hambling  (uncredited)

    • Sound System

      Western Electric Recording