Roger Daltrey
— Macheath
Bob Hoskins
— Beggar
Graham Crowden
— Player
Stratford Johns
— Peachum
Patricia Routledge
— Mrs. Peachum
Gawn Grainger
— Ben Budge
Ken Stott
— Jeremy Twitcher
Don Estelle
— Crook Fingered Jack
Rosemary Ashe
— Lucy Lockit
Peter Bayliss
— Lockit
John Benfield
— Jailer
Isla Blair
— Jenny Diver
Gaye Brown
— Mrs. Trapes
Jeannie Crowther
— Mrs. Coaxer
Derek Deadman
— Drawer
Paddy Navin
— Suky Tawdry
Leslie Sarony
— Nimming Ned
Iris Saunders
— Betty Doxy
Peter Spraggon
— Harry Paddington