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Billy Budd

0.0Dec 11, 19662h 38mMusic

Directed by Basil Coleman

Written by Herman Melville

A version of Benjamin Britten's opera based on the Melville story. Will the virtuous young sailor Billy Budd be hanged for murder?

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Cast

Peter Pears

Peter Pears

Captain Vere

Peter Glossop

Peter Glossop

Billy Budd

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Michael Langdon

John Claggart

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John Shirley-Quirk

Mr. Redburn

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Bryan Drake

David Kelly

David Kelly

Kenneth MacDonald

Kenneth MacDonald

Red Whiskers

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David Bowman

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Dennis Wicks

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Robert Tear

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Robert Bowman

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Delme Bryn Jones