620 The Beggar's Opera

First  viewed : 20  July  1983

I  only  dipped  into  this  Channel  4  production  of  the  enduring  eighteenth  century  satirical  opera  to  catch  a  glimpse  of  Paul  Jones  playing  the  central  character, notorious  Scottish  rake  Macheath. Jones  had  been  playing  the  role  at  the  National  Theatre  from  the  year  before.