Production Credits The Beggar's Opera
The Beggar's Opera
Full Cast & Crew
An in-depth look at the talented ensemble and technical visionaries who brought The Beggar's Opera to life.
The Cast
44 Members
Laurence OlivierMacHeath
Hugh GriffithThe Beggar
George Rose1st Turnkey
Stuart Burge1st Prisoner
Cyril Conway2nd Prisoner
Gerald Lawson3rd Prisoner
Dorothy TutinPolly Peachum
George DevinePeachum
Mary ClareMrs. Peachum
Edward PryorFilch
Athene SeylerMrs. Trapes
Stanley HollowayMr. Lockit
Daphne AndersonLucy Lockit
Eric PohlmannInn Keeper
Yvonne FurneauxJenny Diver
Kenneth WilliamsJack the Pot Boy
Sandra DorneSukey Tawdry
Laurence NaismithMatt of the Mint
Max BrentA Drunkard
Mercy HaysteadDolly Trull
Patricia RaineMrs. Slammekin
Jocelyn JamesMolly Brazen
Isabel GeorgeMrs. Vixen
Helen ChristieBetty Doxey
John Kidd2nd Turnkey
Herbert C. Walton3rd Turnkey
Eugene Leahy4th Turnkey
Edgar Norfolk5th Turnkey
Oliver Hunter2nd Chairman
Madge BrindleyGin Seller
Felix FeltonGovernor
Denis CannanJohn, the Footman
Margot GrahameThe Actress
Tamba AllenNegro Page
Terence GreenidgeChaplain
Billy WellsHangman
Adele LeighSinging voice
Jennifer VyvyanSinging voice
Edith CoatsSinging voice
Joan CrossSinging voice
John CameronSinger
Bruce BoyceSinging voice
Alanna BoyceUrchin
John Baker2nd Chairman
Technical Crew
Top Credits
Peter BrookDirector
Guy GreenDirector of Photography
Herbert WilcoxProducer
Laurence OlivierProducer
Christopher FryWriter
Denis CannanWriter
Reginald BeckEditor