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Billy Budd is a 1962 British historical drama-adventure film produced, directed, and co-written by Peter Ustinov. [3] Adapted from Louis O. Coxe and Robert H. Chapman's stage play version of Herman Melville's short novel Billy Budd, it stars Terence Stamp as Billy Budd, Robert Ryan as John Claggart, and Ustinov as Captain Vere.
Billy Budd, Sailor (An Inside Narrative), also known as Billy Budd, Foretopman, is a novella by American writer Herman Melville, left unfinished at his death in 1891.. Acclaimed by critics as a masterpiece when a hastily transcribed version was finally published in 1924, it quickly took its place as a classic second only to Moby-Dick among Melville's
Billy Budd, a 1962 film produced, directed, and co-written by Peter Ustinov, based on Melville's novel; Billy Budd, a 1951 opera by Benjamin Britten based on Melville's novel; Billy Budd, a 1949 play by Louis O. Coxe and Robert H. Chapman, originally titled Uniform of Flesh "Billy Budd" (song) a 1994 song from Morrissey's album Vauxhall and I
Billy Budd is a play by Louis O. Coxe and Robert H. Chapman based on Herman Melville's novella of the same name. [1] Originally titled Uniform of Flesh , the play premiered Off-Broadway in 1949. Coxe and Chapman restructured and retitled the work for its Broadway debut in 1951.
In 1962 he adapted Louis O. Coxe and Robert H. Chapman's critically successful Broadway play Billy Budd into a film; penning the screenplay, producing, directing, and starring as Captain Vere. [13] In 1968, he was elected the first rector of the University of Dundee and served two consecutive three-year terms.
Stamp made his film debut in Peter Ustinov's film adaptation of Herman Melville's Billy Budd (1962). His portrayal of the title character brought him not only an Academy Award nomination but also international attention. He then appeared opposite Laurence Olivier in Term of Trial (1962). [15]
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But it was his role in the 1951 Broadway production of Billy Budd playing the title role that garnered him critical attention and acclaim. [2] He appeared in such films as War Paint (1953), The Steel Cage (1954), Ten Seconds to Hell (1959), and Under Ten Flags (1960). He returned to the University of Minnesota and earned his doctorate in 1966.