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Overview
A version of Benjamin Britten's opera based on the Melville story. Will the virtuous young sailor Billy Budd be hanged for murder?
Director
Basil Coleman
Production
BBC
Cast
Peter Pears
Captain Vere
Peter Glossop
Billy Budd
M
Michael Langdon
John Claggart
J
John Shirley-Quirk
Mr. Redburn
B
Bryan Drake
David Kelly
Kenneth MacDonald
D
David Bowman
D
Dennis Wicks
R
Robert Tear
