Parent Record(s)

LevelItem

ReferencePHPN/3/1/75

Artist / Photographer

Wood, Roger

Title

Production photograph of Billy Budd, Act IV, scene 2

DateDecember 1951

DescriptionPhotograph of the crew of The Indomitable assembled on the main-deck to witness the hanging of Billy Budd (Theodor Uppman), right of centre foreground, with marine sentries either side of him. Above them on the quarter-deck are the officers, from left Sailing Master Ratcliffe (Geraint Evans); First Lieutenant Redburn (Hervey Alan); Second Lieutenant Flint (Michael Langdon); Captain Vere (Peter Pears) – slightly apart as Billy is also in his rank – and four unidentified officers.
Photographer: Roger Wood

Extent1 photograph

Physical DescriptionBlack and white; 21 x 16 cm

CopyrightRoger Wood/Royal Opera House

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