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LevelItem

ReferencePHPN/3/1/78

Artist / Photographer

Wood, Roger

Title

Production photograph of Billy Budd, Act IV, scene 2

DateDecember 1951

DescriptionPhotograph of the crew of The Indomitable gathered on the main-deck at the hanging of Billy Budd. 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) with hat removed, and four unidentified officers. Stage direction at this point reads: The whole ... mass of faces ... turns in rebellion to the quarter-deck. There is growing agitation among the officers... but Vere stands motionless.
Photographer: Roger Wood

Extent1 photograph

Physical DescriptionBlack and white; 16 x 17 cm

CopyrightRoger Wood/Royal Opera House

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