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Sunday Play: Billy Budd, Sailor

on BBC Radio 3

A dramatisation by John Harrison of Herman Melville's famous story of an innocent and handsome sailor.

Contributors

Author:
Herman Melville
Dramatised by:
John Harrison
Fiddle played by:
Elle Osborne
Director:
John Tydeman
Captain Vere:
Paul Scofield
Budd:
Charles Simpson
Claggart:
Matthew Morgan
Lt Ratcliffe:
Timothy Bentinck
[Actor]:
Nicholas Boulton
[Actor]:
Keith Drinkel
[Actor]:
David Jarvis
[Actor]:
Ian Masters
[Actor]:
Brian Parr
[Actor]:
Richard Pearce

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