29 Sep 1940
Dananeir
A concubine to a ruling family is challenged when the family is overthrown.
Billy Budd
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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Peter Pears Captain Vere
Michael Langdon John Claggart
John Shirley-Quirk Mr. Redburn
Bryan Drake 
David Kelly 
Kenneth MacDonald David Bowman Dennis Wicks Robert Tear Robert Bowman Delme Bryn Jones Eric Garrett Norman Lumsden Nigel Rogers 
Benjamin Luxon
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