Structure (1951 Original)
- Source: Britten-Pears Foundation
- Place: On board the battleship HMS Indomitable, a "seventy-four"
- Time: The French Revolutionary Wars in 1797
Prologue
Act I - 35 minutes
- Scene 1: Main deck and quarter-deck of HMS Indomitable
- Scene 2: Address
Act II - 45 minutes
- Scene 1: Captain Vere's cabin
- Scene 2: Berth-deck
Act III - 46 minutes
- Scene 1: Main deck and quarter-deck
- Scene 2: Captain Vere's cabin
Act IV - 26 minutes
- Scene 1: Bay of the upper gun-deck
- Scene 2: Main deck and quarter-deck
Epilogue
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