The Beggar's Opera (1983)
A historical adaptation of John Gay's 18th Century ballad opera, exuberantly performed for BBC television.
The Beggar's OperaMusic
Cast
- Roger Daltrey — Macheath
- Bob Hoskins — Beggar
- Graham Crowden — Player
- Stratford Johns — Peachum
- Patricia Routledge — Mrs. Peachum
- Gawn Grainger — Ben Budge
- Ken Stott — Jeremy Twitcher
- Don Estelle — Crook Fingered Jack
- Rosemary Ashe — Lucy Lockit
- Peter Bayliss — Lockit
- John Benfield — Jailer
- Isla Blair — Jenny Diver
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