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Billy Budd

Name: Billy Budd
Cast: Thomas Allen, Philip Langridge, Richard van Allen, Phillip Guy-Bromley, Clive Bayley

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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.

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Cast & Crew

Director: Barrie GavinWriters: E.M. Forster, Eric Crozier, Herman Melville

Thomas Allen

as Billy Budd

Philip Langridge

as Captain Vere

Richard van Allen

as Claggart

Phillip Guy-Bromley

as Mr flint

Clive Bayley

as RatCliffe

Edward Byles

as Red Whiskers

Neil Howlett

as Mr Redburn

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