# Polly Peachum — The Beggar’s Opera character guide

> Polly Peachum in The Beggar’s Opera by John Gay.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Polly, Miss Polly, Miss Polly Peachum

**First appearance:** 0005-the-beggar-s-opera

## Who they are

Daughter of Peachum, secretly married to Macheath, loyal and resourceful.

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