Billy Budd

Billy Budd — Plot

An opera by Benjamin Britten, on a libretto by E.M. Forster and Eric Crozier, adapted from the story by Herman Melville. Billy Budd is a young sailor aboard a British man-o'-war, persecuted by his master-at-arms, Claggart. Accused of mutiny, Budd accidently strikes Claggart dead, leaving Captain Vere with no choice but to hang him.

• Runtime
• 155 min
• Director
• Barrie Gavin

Billy Budd — Cast

Thomas Allen Billy Budd Philip Langridge Captain Vere

R

Richard van Allen Claggart

P

Phillip Guy-Bromley Mr flint

C

Clive Bayley RatCliffe

E

Edward Byles Red Whiskers

N

Neil Howlett Mr Redburn