Director: Peter Brook

Writers: Denis Cannan; Christopher Fry

From a play: The Beggar's Opera by John Gay (lyrical drama)

Music Arranged and Composed by: Arthur Bliss

Producers: Laurence Olivier; Herbert Wilcox

Keywords: Crime

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Yvonne Furneaux	Actor	11-May-1928		La Dolce Vita
Margot Grahame	Actor	20-Feb-1911	1-Jan-1982	The Informer
Hugh Griffith	Actor	30-May-1912	14-May-1980	Sheik Ilderim in Ben-Hur
Stanley Holloway	Actor	1-Oct-1890	30-Jan-1982	Passport to Pimlico
Laurence Naismith	Actor	14-Dec-1908	5-Jun-1992	The Amazing Mr. Blunden
Laurence Olivier	Actor	22-May-1907	11-Jul-1989	Shakespearean actor
Eric Pohlmann	Actor	18-Jul-1913	25-Jul-1979	They Who Dare
Dorothy Tutin	Actor	8-Apr-1930	6-Aug-2001	Savage Messiah
Kenneth Williams	Actor	22-Feb-1926	15-Apr-1988	Carry on...

CAST

Laurence Olivier	...   Capt. Macheath
Hugh Griffith	...   The Beggar
Dorothy Tutin	...   Polly Peachum
George Devine	...   Peachum
Mary Clare	...   Mrs. Peachum
Athene Seyler	...   Mrs. Trapes
Stanley Holloway	...   Lockit
Daphne Anderson	...   Lucy Lockit
Yvonne Furneaux	...   Jenny Diver
Margot Grahame	...   The Actress
George Rose	...   1st Turnkey
Stuart Burge	...   1st Prisoner
Cyril Conway	...   2nd Prisoner
Gerald Lawson	...   3rd Prisoner
Eileen Harvey	...   Young Female Traveller
Edward Pryor	...   Filch
Eric Pohlmann	...   Inn Keeper
Edith Coates	...   Mrs. Coaxer
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
H. C. Walton	...   3rd Turnkey
Eugene Leahy	...   4th Turnkey
Edgar Norfolk	...   5th Turnkey
Oliver Hunter	...   1st Chairman
John Baker	...   2nd Chairman
Madge Brindley	...   Gin Seller
Felix Felton	...   Governor
Denis Cannan	...   John, the Footman
Tamba Allenby	...   Negro Page
Terence Greenidge	...   Chaplain
Billy Wells	...   Hangman
The Singers
Laurence Olivier	...   Singer
Adele Leigh	...   Singer
Jennifer Vyvyan	...   Singer
Edith Coates	...   Singer
Joan Cross	...   Singer
John Cameron	...   Singer
Bruce Boyce	...   Singer
Stanley Holloway	...   Singer

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