Billy Budd

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.

• Director: Barrie Gavin
• Cast: Thomas Allen, Philip Langridge, Richard van Allen, Phillip Guy-Bromley, Clive Bayley, Edward Byles, Neil Howlett