Billy Budd

Billy Budd jarumin ne a wasan kwaiykwayo na Louis O. Coxe da Robert H. Chapman bisa ga littafin novella na Herman Melville mai suna iri ɗaya. Asali mai taken Uniform of Flesh, wasan ya ƙaddamar da Off-Broadway a 1949. Coxe da Chapman sun sake tsarawa kuma sun sake fasalin aikin don halarta na farko na Broadway a 1951. Sigar da aka bita ta kasance babban nasara mai mahimmanci, ta lashe kyautar Donaldson don Mafi kyawun Wasan Farko da Masu sukar Watsa Labarai na waje. Circle Award for Best Play a 1951. A cikin 1952 an daidaita wasan don jerin shirye-shiryen tarihin tarihin talabijin na Schlitz Playhouse of Stars, kuma Peter Ustinov ya daidaita wasan a matsayin fim wanda aka fara a 1962.

Shirin Wasa

An kafa shi a cikin jirgin ruwa na Birtaniya HMS Indomitable a cikin teku a cikin 1798, Billy Budd kyakkyawan mutum ne, matashi, tsantsar zuciya kuma mai ban sha'awa wanda shine wakilcin mai kyau a cikin wasan. Nasa counter shine John Claggart, Jagoran Makamai, wanda ke da bakin ciki, mai ɗaci, kuma yana ƙin rayuwa. Claggart ya zama mai hassada ga shaharar Billy tare da ma'aikatan jirgin kuma ya zarge shi da laifin ta'addanci. Ya kasa kare kansa saboda yanayin stutter wanda ya sa ya kasa yin magana, Budd ya buge Claggart cikin takaici da bazata. ya kashe shi. Ko da yake ma'aikatan jirgin sun fahimci cewa ba nufin kisa ne ya sa Claggart ya mutu ba, amma a ƙarƙashin doka Budd yana da laifin kashe wani babban jami'i kuma an yanke masa hukuncin rataye shi.