Billy Budd (opera) percussion (six players [xylophone, glockenspiel, triangle, block, tambourine, side drum, tenor drum, bass drum, whip, cymbals, small gong, 4 drums (played by drummers on stage)]), harp, strings. Prologue "Scene 1: Main deck and quarter-deck of "HMS Indomitable" " "Scene 2: Address" Act 2 "Scene 1: Captain Vere's cabin" "Scene 2: Berth-deck" Act 3 "Scene 1: Main deck and quarter-deck" "Scene 2: Captain Vere's cabin" Act 4 "Scene 1: Bay of the upper gun-deck" "Scene 2: Main deck and quarter-deck" Epilogue Captain Edward Fairfax Vere, an old man, reflects on his life and his time in the navy. He reflects on
HMS Chester HMS Chester Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS "Chester", after the city of Chester: There was also a planned named HMS "Chester Castle". She was cancelled in 1943. There was also an HMS "Chester" serving as a tank (water) vessel in the 1880s - saw service during the Egyptian campaign of 1882 when she was an "attendant" on HMS "Alexandra"; 21 men (her whole crew?) received the medal for Egypt serving aboard the ship. A fictional HMS "Chester" appeared in the James Bond film "Tomorrow Never Dies". The interior shots are actually from the Type