National Theatre Live: The Threepenny Opera
2016, English. Directed by Nick Wickham.
As London's East End scrubs up for the coronation, Mr and Mrs Peachum gear up for a bumper day in the beggary business. Keeping tight control of the city's underground – and their daughter’s whereabouts.
- Runtime
- 2h 51m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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Cast & crew
- Nick WickhamDirector
- Rory KinnearCaptain Macheath, aka 'Mac the Knife'
- Rosalie CraigPolly Peachum
- Haydn GwynneCelia Peachum
- Nick HolderJonathan Jeremiah Peachum
- Sharon SmallJenny Diver
- Peter de JerseyChief Inspector 'Tiger' Brown
- Debbie KurupLucy Brown
- George IkediashiThe Balladeern / Pastor Kimball
- Sarah AmankwahFilch
- Dominic TigheRobert, aka The Iceman
- Jamie BeddardMatthias, aka The Shadow
- Andrew BuckleyWalter, aka The Scholar
Details
- Released
- 22 September 2016
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Written by
- John Gay
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National Theatre Live: The Threepenny Opera runs 171 minutes (2h 51m).
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Who directed National Theatre Live: The Threepenny Opera?
National Theatre Live: The Threepenny Opera (2016) was directed by Nick Wickham and stars Rory Kinnear, Rosalie Craig, Haydn Gwynne.