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...pleasantly aware of how silly they look and make the bad moments of the show so hilariously poor that you can't complain. On the other hand, thanks primarily to Alfred Drake, Kismet's good moments are very enjoyable indeed. In Otis Skinner's old role of the resourceful beggar who marries off his daughter to the Caliph, drake is even more personable than he was in Kiss Me Kate. Drake is onstage almost continuously,a nd his jaunty gusto as he revels in the foolishness of the script sets the tone and pace of the whole production. With...
...Beggar's Opera. John Gay's 18th century English operetta is turned, by Peter Brook and Laurence Olivier, into a classic cinemusical (TIME...
...Henry saw it, nothing mattered more than that he should have a son. As Katherine saw it, the kingdom of Heaven was of vastly greater importance than the kingdom of England. "I would rather," she said, "be a poor beggar's wife and be sure of Heaven, than to be Queen of all the world and stand in doubt thereof." When Henry pressed her to agree that their marriage had been "unlawful" because she had been married briefly to his dead brother, she retorted that this would be "to confess to having been the King's harlot this...
Unlike its Italian counterparts, The Beggar's Opera thrives on provincialism rather than pomp. British poet John Gay first wrote the operetta to chide government corruption and provide jobs for the vaudevillians displaced by sopranos and baritones from across the Channel. He felt that simple folk ballads sung with a minimum of gesticulation and vibretto could be as effective as full-range opera. With some perceptive acting, imaginative directing and photography the film version of Gay's work just about proves he was right...
...Beggar's Opera is a far better film than the name Gay gave his work implies. For any lack in magnificence is more than made up in the vigour of its British balladry...