The Beggar's Opera
Playhouse Theatre, Cheltenham
26th Nov - 1st Dec 2007
By John Gay
Adaptation and libretto by
John Caird and Ilona Sekacz
By kind permission of Ilona Sekacz and John Caird.
Stage Director - Simon Young
Musical Director - Peter Meason
Choreographer and Assistant Director- Antonia Coles
Cast
The Player - Philip Wenham
Tom, Filch, Jemmy Twitcher, Drawer - Mike Welsh
Peachum - Brian Crosby
Mrs Peachum - Margo Thompson
Polly Peachum - Caroline Price
Crook-fingered Jack - Michael Power
Wat Dreary - Richard Schofield
Harry Paddington - Ken Shaw
Slippery Sam, Mrs Coaxer - Dai Barker
Matt of the Mint, Betty Doxy - Lionel Bassett
Ben Budge - David Roberts
Tom Tipple - Rod Davis
Bob Booty - Malcolm Webb
Nimming Ned - Kevin Passey
Captain Macheath - Jonathan Dyer
Diana Trapes - Edna Welthorpe
Mrs Vixen - Marilyn Webb
Jenny Diver - Shelly Cooke
Suky Tawdry - Catherine Gamblin
Molly Brazen, Black Moll - Jill Barnes
Lockit - Douglas Brinklow
Lucy Lockit - Joanne Manuel
Mrs Slammekin - Pat Schofield
Dolly Trull - Sheryl Walpole
Child - Lucy Wordsworth
Production Team
Stage Manager - John Cogzell
Assistant Stage Manager - Gill Klapper
Props - Sarah Roberts
Lighting - David Whitelocks
Front of House - Anthony Jones
Poster, Programme Editor - Duncan Hooper
Prompt - Sarah Eliot, Carla Spencer, Simon Lewis