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The Beggar's Opera is a 1953 British historical musical film, a Technicolor adaptation of John Gay 's 1728 ballad opera of the same name. The film, directed by Peter Brook in his feature film debut, stars Laurence Olivier (in his sole musical), Hugh Griffith, Dorothy Tutin, Stanley Holloway, Daphne Anderson and Athene Seyler.
The Beggar's Opera: Directed by Peter Brook. With Laurence Olivier, Hugh Griffith, George Rose, Stuart Burge. When the composer of an opera about a swashbuckling, wenching highwayman meets his hero's real-life counterpart, he's disappointed with his lack of dash.
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- Crime, History, Musical
- Peter Brook
- 1953-10-05
The Beggar's Opera. Sir Laurence Olivier as an imprisoned highwayman who relates his exploits in the form of a comic opera. Brook's feature film debut is a production with romantic exuberance and wit. Rentals include 30 days to start watching this video and 48 hours to finish once started.
A colorful period tale finds Sir Laurence Olivier ("Rebecca," "Hamlet") as an imprisoned highwayman who relates his exploits in the form of a comic opera. Esteemed theatrical director Peter...
The Beggar's Opera is a ballad opera in three acts written in 1728 by John Gay with music arranged by Johann Christoph Pepusch. It is one of the watershed plays in Augustan drama and is the only example of the once thriving genre of satirical ballad opera to remain popular today.
John Gay's The Beggar's Opera, written in 1728, is considered the first "ballad opera," a British satirical musical play with spoken dialogue and songs in the popular style. The songs in ballad operas usually poked fun at the conventions of grand opera, and the lyrics were often set to existing popular tunes.
The story of Macheath's adventures, captures and escapes are all told in song. There are horse riding songs, love songs, gambling songs, longing songs, lustful songs. The story starts in a London prison where Macheath awaits hanging. A beggar just tossed into the prison has written an opera about Macheath.
