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"If we were ashore, I’d say keep out of his way. Change your job, move to another town. But on a ship, that’s no good... if there’s a man on board who hates you, then every time he sees you, the fire is kindled hotter."
For Captain Vere, an officer with a strong sense of right and wrong, the case of Billy Budd proves to be a mind-boggling test of shipboard discipline, naval justice and moral judgment. In a time of war, where is the boundary between right and wrong, just and unjust—between good and evil? The good-natured young sailor Billy Budd is forced into service on a British man o’ war on its way to fight the French. Billy’s presence begins to have a very powerful effect on the rest of his shipmates. His innate goodness inspires them. But not everyone on board is pleased with Billy. One man is appalled by Billy’s innocence. And the stage is set for a conspiracy, murder and a question of justice that will linger in your heart long after the story has finished. Billy Budd, Sailor is a story of paradox. It tells of innocence on trial, of an impossible verdict, and of the clashing aspects of the human condition: goodness and wickedness, innocence and deceit.
Released June 2002
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