Captain Vere, an old man, is haunted by a moment in his life when he was tested and found wanting. Based on Herman Melville's novella of naval life in the late 18th Century, Benjamin Britten's 'Billy Budd' is a gripping reflection on good and evil, innocence and corruption.
John Mark AinsleyCaptain VereMichael WallaceFirst Mate
Matthew RoseMr FlintRichard Mosley-EvansBosunJohn MooreDonaldPeter GijsbertsenMaintopBen JohnsonNoviceColin JudsonSqueak
Iain PatersonMr RedburnDarren JeffreyLieutenant RadcliffePhillip EnsClaggartAlasdair ElliottRed WhiskersToby GirlingArthur Jones
Jacques ImbrailoBilly BuddJohn-Owen Miley-ReadSecond Mate