Title

The Beggar's opera [videorecording] / by John Gay ; a BBC-TV production in association with RM Arts and Philips Classics Productions ; produced and directed by Jonathan Miller.

Publication

[Netherlands] : Philips ; New York, N.Y. : Manufactured and marketed by PolyGram Video, [p1991], c1983.

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Additional Authors

• Ashe, Rosemary.
• Barlow, Jeremy.
• Bayliss, Peter.
• Benfield, John.
• Blair, Isla.
• British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service.
• Brown, Gaye.
• Brown, Tim.
• Crowden, Graham.
• Crowther, Jeannie.
• Daltrey, Roger.
• Davis, Jacqueline.
• Deadman, Derek.
• English Baroque Soloists. prf
• Estelle, Don.
• Gardiner, John Eliot.
• Gay, John, 1685-1732.
• Grainger, Gawn.
• Hall, Carol (Mezzo-soprano)
• Hoskins, Bob.
• Johns, Stratford.
• Miller, Jonathan, 1934-2019,
• Navin, Paddy.
• Pedley, Anthony.
• Pepusch, John Christopher, 1667-1752.
• Philips Classics Productions.
• RM Arts (Firm)
• Routledge, Patricia.
• Sarony, Leslie.
• Saunders, Iris.
• Sharling, Elayne.
• Skeaping, Lucie.
• Spraggon, Peter.
• Stonham, Kay.
• Stott, Ken.
• Suart, Richard.
• Tibbs, Gary.

Description

2 videodiscs (135 min.) : sd., col.; 12 in.

Series Statement

Philips video classics

Subject

• Ballad operas

Note

• Ballad opera; words by John Gay, who also selected the tunes and fit the words to them. Music originally arr. by John Christopher Pepusch; arr. for this production by Jeremy Barlow and John Eliot Gardiner.
• Recorded on 3 sides only.
• Cast list, credits, and program notes by Mike Dixon in English with French translation (4 p. : ill.) inserted in container.

Credits (note)

• Senior cameraman, Ron Green ; choreography, Sally Gilpin ; designer, David Myerscough-Jones.

System Details (note)

• Stereo; soundtrack digitally remastered for Laser Disc; CX encoded; estended play/CLV; NTSC.

Language (note)

• Sung in English.

Call Number

*LVD 28 (F)

Title

The Beggar's opera [videorecording] / by John Gay ; a BBC-TV production in association with RM Arts and Philips Classics Productions ; produced and directed by Jonathan Miller.

Imprint

[Netherlands] : Philips ; New York, N.Y. : Manufactured and marketed by PolyGram Video, [p1991], c1983.

Series

Philips video classics

Performer

Carol Hall (Polly Peachum) ; Rosemary Ashe (Lucy Lockit) ; Patricia Routledge (Mrs. Peachum) ; Roger Daltrey (Macheath) ; Stratford Johns (Peachum) ; Bob Hoskins (Beggar) ; Graham Crowden (Player) ; Gary Tibbs (Filch) ; Gawn Grainger (Ben Budge) ; Anthony Pedley (Matt of the Mint) ; Ken Stott (Jemmy Twitcher) ; Don Estelle (Crook-Fingered Jack) ; Richard Suart (Wat Dreary) ; Tim Brown (Robin of Bagshot) ; Leslie Sarony (Nimming Ned) ; Peter Spraggon (Harry Paddington) ; Derek Deadman (Drawer) ; Jeannie Crowther (Mrs. Coaxer) ; Elayne Sharling (Dolly Trull) ; Kay Stonham (Mrs. Vixen) ; Iris Saunders (Betty Doxy) ; Isla Blair (Jenny Diver) ; Lucie Skeaping (Mrs. Slammekin) ; Paddy Navin (Suky Tawdry) ; Jacqueline Davis (Molly Brazen) ; Peter Bayliss (Lockit) ; John Benfield (Jailer) ; Gaye Brown (Mrs. Trapes) ; English Baroque Soloists ; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor.

Credits

Senior cameraman, Ron Green ; choreography, Sally Gilpin ; designer, David Myerscough-Jones.

Summary

Story set among London's criminal classes, full of satirical jibes about corruption in high places.

System Details

Stereo; soundtrack digitally remastered for Laser Disc; CX encoded; estended play/CLV; NTSC.

Language

Sung in English.

Added Author

Gay, John, 1685-1732. Librettist

Hall, Carol (Mezzo-soprano) Performer

Ashe, Rosemary. Performer

Routledge, Patricia. Performer

Daltrey, Roger. Performer

Johns, Stratford. Performer

Hoskins, Bob. Performer

Crowden, Graham. Performer

Tibbs, Gary. Performer

Grainger, Gawn. Performer

Pedley, Anthony. Performer

Stott, Ken. Performer

Estelle, Don. Performer

Suart, Richard. Performer

Brown, Tim. Performer

Sarony, Leslie. Performer

Spraggon, Peter. Performer

Deadman, Derek. Performer

Crowther, Jeannie. Performer

Sharling, Elayne. Performer

Stonham, Kay. Performer

Saunders, Iris. Performer

Blair, Isla. Performer

Skeaping, Lucie. Performer

Navin, Paddy. Performer

Davis, Jacqueline. Performer

Bayliss, Peter. Performer

Benfield, John. Performer

Brown, Gaye. Performer

Pepusch, John Christopher, 1667-1752. Arranger

Gardiner, John Eliot. Arranger. Conductor

Miller, Jonathan, 1934-2019, producer.

Miller, Jonathan, 1934-2019, television director.

Barlow, Jeremy. Arranger

English Baroque Soloists. Performer

British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service.

RM Arts (Firm)

Philips Classics Productions.

Publisher No.

070 508-1 Philips

Research Call Number

*LVD 28 (F) Program notes on file.