The Beggar's Opera

Overview

A historical adaptation of John Gay's 18th Century ballad opera, exuberantly performed for BBC television.

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