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Beggar's Holiday
Musical
Original
Broadway
Opening Date
Dec 26, 1946
Closing Date
Mar 29, 1947
Performances
111
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Original
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Open Date: Dec 26, 1946
Close Date: Mar 29, 1947
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ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION
Theatres
Broadway Theatre
(Dec 26, 1946 - Mar 29, 1947)
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Replacements
Produced by
Perry Watkins
and
John R. Sheppard, Jr.
Music by
Duke Ellington
; Book by
John La Touche
; Lyrics by
John La Touche
; Musical Director:
Max Meth
; Orchestrations under personal supervision of
Billy Strayhorn
; Based on "The Beggar's Opera" by
John Gay
; Lyrics of "Brown Penny" based on poem by
William Butler Yeats
Book Directed by
Nicholas Ray
; Choreographed by
Valerie Bettis
Production Design by
Oliver Smith
; Lighting Design by
Peggy Clark
; Assistant to Mr. Florrell:
Patricia Brohan
; Costume Design by
Walter Florell
General Manager:
Leo Rose
Technical Supervisor:
Peggy Clark
; General Stage Manager:
Frank Coletti
; Stage Manager:
Kevin Smith
and
Charles O. Carey
Orchestra Personnel Manager:
Al Pearl
Assistant to Miss Bettis:
Paul Godkin
; Press Representative:
Lorella Val-Mery
Alfred Drake
MacHeath
Zero Mostel
Hamilton Peachum
Hy Anzell
Customer
Marjorie Belle
The Lookout
The Girl
Lead Dancer
Jack Bittner
Highbinder
Member of Mac's Gang
Perry Bruskin
The Foot
Mooch
Member of Mac's Gang
Marie Bryant
The Cocoa Girl
Stanley Carlson
Fingersmith
Member of Mac's Gang
Lewis Charles
A Drunk
Member of Mac's Gang
William Dillard
The Horn
Member of Mac's Gang
Malka Farber
Trixy Turner
Dancer
Paul Godkin
Wire Boy
The Boy
Lead Dancer
Thomas Gomez
The Pursued
The Other Eye
Dancer
Doris Goodwin
Mrs. Trapes
Dancer
Claire Hale
Baby Mildred
Dancer
Leonne Hall
Betty Doxy
Douglas Henderson
The Caser
Lucas Hoving
Policeman
Strip
Dancer
Dorothy Johnson
Mrs. Peachum
Elmira Jones-Bey
Bessie Buns
Dancer
Nina Korda
Minute Lou
Avon Long
Careless Love
Jet MacDonald
Polly Peachum
Tommie Moore
Tawdry Audrey
Gordon Nelson
O'Heister
Customer
Black Marketeer
Member of Mac's Gang
Lavina Nielsen
Dolly Trull
Dancer
Bernice Parks
Jenny
Albert Popwell
Plainclothesman
Slam
Dancer
Herbert Ross
Policeman
Bartender
Dancer
Archie Savage
Cop
Gunsel
Dancer
Mildred Joanne Smith
Lucy Lockit
Rollin Smith
Chief Lockit
Pan Theodore
The Eye
Blenkinsop
Royce Wallace
Annie Coaxer
Dancer
Enid Williams
Flora
the Harpy
Dancer
Broadway Theatre
(Dec 26, 1946 - Mar 29, 1947)
Cast
Margaret Wilson
Betty Doxy
Songs
music by
Duke Ellington
; lyrics by
John Latouche
Act 1
Sung By
Inbetween
Lucy Lockit
When You Go Down By Miss Jenny's
Citizens and Girls
I've Got Me
MacHeath
TNT
The Cocoa Girl
Take Love Easy
Jenny
I Wanna Be Bad
Careless Love
Rooster Man
Jenny
When I Walk With You
Polly Peachum and MacHeath
I've Got Me
(Reprise)
First Girl
The Scrimmage of Life
Mrs. Peachum, Hamilton Peachum and Lucy Lockit
Ore from a Gold Mine
Mrs. Peachum and Hamilton Peachum
When I Walk With You
(Reprise)
MacHeath and Polly Peachum
Tooth and Claw
Mac's Gang
Maybe I Should Change My Ways
MacHeath
The Wrong Side of the Railroad Tracks
The Cocoa Girl, Careless Love and The Horn
Tomorrow Mountain
MacHeath
Act 2
Sung By
Brown Penny (Lyrics based on poem by William Butler Yeats)
Lucy Lockit
Tooth and Claw
(Reprise)
Hamilton Peachum and Reporters
Lullaby for Junior
Jenny
Quarrel for Three
Polly Peachum, Lucy Lockit and MacHeath
Fol-de-rol-rol
MacHeath
Women, Women, Women
Prisoners
Women, Women, Women
(Reprise)
The Cocoa Girl and Careless Love
When I Walk With You
(Reprise)
MacHeath
The Hunted
MacHeath
People
Songs
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Replacements
Produced by
Perry Watkins
and
John R. Sheppard, Jr.
Music by
Duke Ellington
; Book by
John La Touche
; Lyrics by
John La Touche
; Musical Director:
Max Meth
; Orchestrations under personal supervision of
Billy Strayhorn
; Based on "The Beggar's Opera" by
John Gay
; Lyrics of "Brown Penny" based on poem by
William Butler Yeats
Book Directed by
Nicholas Ray
; Choreographed by
Valerie Bettis
Production Design by
Oliver Smith
; Lighting Design by
Peggy Clark
; Assistant to Mr. Florrell:
Patricia Brohan
; Costume Design by
Walter Florell
General Manager:
Leo Rose
Technical Supervisor:
Peggy Clark
; General Stage Manager:
Frank Coletti
; Stage Manager:
Kevin Smith
and
Charles O. Carey
Orchestra Personnel Manager:
Al Pearl
Assistant to Miss Bettis:
Paul Godkin
; Press Representative:
Lorella Val-Mery
Alfred Drake
MacHeath
Zero Mostel
Hamilton Peachum
Hy Anzell
Customer
Marjorie Belle
The Lookout
The Girl
Lead Dancer
Jack Bittner
Highbinder
Member of Mac's Gang
Perry Bruskin
The Foot
Mooch
Member of Mac's Gang
Marie Bryant
The Cocoa Girl
Stanley Carlson
Fingersmith
Member of Mac's Gang
Lewis Charles
A Drunk
Member of Mac's Gang
William Dillard
The Horn
Member of Mac's Gang
Malka Farber
Trixy Turner
Dancer
Paul Godkin
Wire Boy
The Boy
Lead Dancer
Thomas Gomez
The Pursued
The Other Eye
Dancer
Doris Goodwin
Mrs. Trapes
Dancer
Claire Hale
Baby Mildred
Dancer
Leonne Hall
Betty Doxy
Douglas Henderson
The Caser
Lucas Hoving
Policeman
Strip
Dancer
Dorothy Johnson
Mrs. Peachum
Elmira Jones-Bey
Bessie Buns
Dancer
Nina Korda
Minute Lou
Avon Long
Careless Love
Jet MacDonald
Polly Peachum
Tommie Moore
Tawdry Audrey
Gordon Nelson
O'Heister
Customer
Black Marketeer
Member of Mac's Gang
Lavina Nielsen
Dolly Trull
Dancer
Bernice Parks
Jenny
Albert Popwell
Plainclothesman
Slam
Dancer
Herbert Ross
Policeman
Bartender
Dancer
Archie Savage
Cop
Gunsel
Dancer
Mildred Joanne Smith
Lucy Lockit
Rollin Smith
Chief Lockit
Pan Theodore
The Eye
Blenkinsop
Royce Wallace
Annie Coaxer
Dancer
Enid Williams
Flora
the Harpy
Dancer
Broadway Theatre
(Dec 26, 1946 - Mar 29, 1947)
Cast
Margaret Wilson
Betty Doxy
music by
Duke Ellington
; lyrics by
John Latouche
Act 1
Sung By
Inbetween
Lucy Lockit
When You Go Down By Miss Jenny's
Citizens and Girls
I've Got Me
MacHeath
TNT
The Cocoa Girl
Take Love Easy
Jenny
I Wanna Be Bad
Careless Love
Rooster Man
Jenny
When I Walk With You
Polly Peachum and MacHeath
I've Got Me
(Reprise)
First Girl
The Scrimmage of Life
Mrs. Peachum, Hamilton Peachum and Lucy Lockit
Ore from a Gold Mine
Mrs. Peachum and Hamilton Peachum
When I Walk With You
(Reprise)
MacHeath and Polly Peachum
Tooth and Claw
Mac's Gang
Maybe I Should Change My Ways
MacHeath
The Wrong Side of the Railroad Tracks
The Cocoa Girl, Careless Love and The Horn
Tomorrow Mountain
MacHeath
Act 2
Sung By
Brown Penny (Lyrics based on poem by William Butler Yeats)
Lucy Lockit
Tooth and Claw
(Reprise)
Hamilton Peachum and Reporters
Lullaby for Junior
Jenny
Quarrel for Three
Polly Peachum, Lucy Lockit and MacHeath
Fol-de-rol-rol
MacHeath
Women, Women, Women
Prisoners
Women, Women, Women
(Reprise)
The Cocoa Girl and Careless Love
When I Walk With You
(Reprise)
MacHeath
The Hunted
MacHeath
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