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Availability shown for United States · rights vary by countryCast · Directed by Peter Brook
LO
Laurence Olivier
MacHeath
HG
Hugh Griffith
The Beggar
GR
George Rose
1st Turnkey
SB
Stuart Burge
1st Prisoner
CC
Cyril Conway
2nd Prisoner
GL
Gerald Lawson
3rd Prisoner
DT
Dorothy Tutin
Polly Peachum
GD
George Devine
Peachum
MC
Mary Clare
Mrs. Peachum
EP
Edward Pryor
Filch
AS
Athene Seyler
Mrs. Trapes
SH
Stanley Holloway
Mr. Lockit
More from Laurence Olivier · Lead actor
Great Performances
1971 · 6.1
Omnibus
1967 · 7.2
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969 · 7.0
Spartacus
1960 · 7.5
The World at War
1973 · 8.3
A Bridge Too Far
1977 · 7.2
Brideshead Revisited
1981 · 7.9
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
2004 · 5.9
Jesus of Nazareth
1977 · 7.8
Marathon Man
1976 · 7.2
See all fromLaurence Olivier
More from Hugh Griffith · Co-star actor
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965 · 4.2
Playhouse
1974 · 7.0
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
1973 · 6.8
Lux Video Theatre
1950 · 6.7
Ben-Hur
1959 · 7.9
ABC Stage 67
1966 · 6.8
Colonel March of Scotland Yard
1956 · 7.5
How to Steal a Million
1966 · 7.5
The Million Pound Note
1954 · 7.0
Mutiny on the Bounty
1962 · 7.1
See all fromHugh Griffith
More from Peter Brook · Director
Lord of the Flies
1963 · 6.7
The Mahabharata
1990 · 6.0
The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade
1967 · 6.2
Tell Me Lies
1968 · 6.4
Seven Days… Seven Nights
1960 · 6.2
The Mahabharata
1990 · 7.1
King Lear
1970 · 6.5
Meetings with Remarkable Men
1979 · 6.7
Red, White, and Zero
1968 · 5.0
The Tragedy of Hamlet
2002 · 8.5
See all fromPeter Brook
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1958 · 6.4
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2006 · 6.9
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2017 · 8.0
Les Misérables: 25th Anniversary in Concert
2010 · 8.3
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2019 · 6.7
The Blues Brothers
1980 · 7.7
Amadeus
1984 · 8.0
Köln 75
2025 · 7.1
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The Beggar's Opera — streaming FAQ
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