Moby Dick--rehearsed
by Orson Welles, Herman Melville

Name: Moby Dick--rehearsed
Brand: Orson Welles
SKU: 9780573612428
Rating: 3.85 (69 reviews)

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Highlights

Small Cast

Female

Male

120 mins 19th Century Bare Stage/Simple Set Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes American

Synopsis

Genre: Melodrama Characters: 12m, 2f An ingenious idea is employed to accommodate the sweep of this classic story on the stage.

A Shakespearean company puts down their rehearsal sides of Lear and curiously take up those of a new play entitled Moby Dick.

On the rehearsal stage of platforms, the teasers overhead suddenly become yardarms with sails and a tall ladder becomes a mast.

The platforms become the decks of the ship on which the cast sails through the storms and tribulat

Themes Ahab, Captain (Fictitious character)--Drama Ahab, Captain (Fictitious character) Melville, Herman , 1819-1891 Mentally ill Mentally ill--Drama PS3545.E522 M6 Ship captains Ship captains--Drama Whales--Drama Whaling Whaling--Drama Whaling ships Whaling ships--Drama Whales

Press Reviews

"An adventure in theatregoing. As I left the first performance I felt myself rather oddly shaky and breathless... There is nothing else anywhere near like Moby Dick in the theatre."
— The New York Daily News

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
A MEMBER OF THE COMPANY , later	—	—	, later
ELIJAH	—	—	—
A YOUNG ACTOR , later	—	—	, later
ISHMAEL	—	—	—
A CYNICAL ACTOR , later	—	—	, later
FLASK	—	—	—
A MEMBER OF THE COMPANY , later	—	—	, later
THE MASTHEADER and	—	—	and
VOICE OF THE BACHELOR	—	—	—
A YOUNG ACTRESS , later	—	—	, later
PIP	—	—	—
A MEMBER OF THE COMPANY , later	—	—	, later
QUEEQUEG	—	—	—
A STAGE MANAGER , later	—	—	, later
CAPT. PELEG and	—	—	and
VOICE OF THE RACHEL	—	—	—
A SERIOUS ACTOR , later	—	—	, later
STARBUCK	—	—	—
A MEMBER OF THE COMPANY , later	—	—	, later
DAGGOO	—	—	—
AN ACTOR-MANAGER , later	—	—	, later
FATHER MAPPLE and	male	—	and
CAPTAIN AHAB	male	—	—
AN OLD PRO , later	—	—	, later
THE CARPENTER	—	—	—