Herman Melville's short novel Billy Budd is adapted for the screen ... although his crewmates are initially skeptical about this sailor who appears too good to be true, he proves his mettle ...

PITTSFIELD — The Berkshire County Historical Society's yearlong celebration of the 100th anniversary of the publication of Herman Melville's "Billy Budd, Sailor" is coming to a close. Before the ...

Billy Budd, a handsome and guileless young sailor, steps on deck of H.M.S. Avenger one day in 1797, impressed into naval service at a time when the French threatened the British navy on one hand ...

IT is the centennial year of "Billy Budd, Sailor," Herman Melville's last book, a novella. Melville wrote it in the last five years of his life, but it was published posthumously only in 1924.

Earlier, there was a marathon reading and a new I.P.A. from Hot Plate Brewing Co. called “Handsome Sailor,” and BCHS will screen Peter Ustinov’s film version at the Beacon Cinema on Nov. 13. A new ...

It was the venue this year for Opera North’s 2016 production of Britten’s Billy Budd, the composer’s finest ... of the destruction of an innocent young sailor press-ganged onto a British ...