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Billy Budd

19882h 35mMovieMusic

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…

DirectorBarrie Gavin
WritersEric Crozier·E.M. Forster

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Cast · Directed by Barrie Gavin

TAThomas Allen
Thomas Allen
Billy Budd
PLPhilip Langridge
Philip Langridge
Captain Vere
RA
Richard van Allen
Claggart
PG
Phillip Guy-Bromley
Mr flint
CB
Clive Bayley
RatCliffe
EB
Edward Byles
Red Whiskers
NH
Neil Howlett
Mr Redburn

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