Billy Budd
Directed by Barrie Gavin1997 2h 35m[Drama](/on-demand/category/drama), [Music](/on-demand/category/music)
6.7
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.
