Name: The Beggar's Opera — Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord (Paris, France)
Uploaded: 2018-01-01
Duration: 118 min
Channel: John Gay
Description: The charming highwayman Captain Macheath secretly marries Polly Peachum, daughter of a powerful fence and informer. Her furious father conspires with the jealous prostitute Lucy Lockit to have Macheath arrested and hanged. Through a series of escapes, recaptures, and comic twists, Macheath is saved at the last moment by a beggar-narrator who insists on a happy ending.

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