Based on the opera by John Gay. Laurence Olivier, Stanley Holloway, Dorothy Tutin, George Devine, Mary Clare, Daphne Anderson, Hugh Griffith, Margot Grahame, Denis Cannan. Originally released as a motion picture in 1954.
Summary:
Set in the tawdry underbelly of 17th century London, a sordid world of bandits, cut throats and corrupted officials, The Beggars̕ Opera follows the raffish escapades of Captain Macheath, a reckless, brooding, adventurer and notorious highwayman, and the seething plot to have him hanged.
Series:
Archive collection
OCLC:
(OCoLC)433076461
Locations:
BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)
ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
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