Billy Budd (1988)
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.
- Date of release
- 1988-01-01
- Runtime
- 2h 35m
- Genres
- Music
- Director
- Barrie Gavin
Casting
- Thomas Allen — Billy Budd
- Philip Langridge — Captain Vere
- Richard van Allen — Claggart
- Phillip Guy-Bromley — Mr flint
- Clive Bayley — RatCliffe
- Edward Byles — Red Whiskers
- Neil Howlett — Mr Redburn
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