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
Performance
Cast
A small cast size of 2 total roles, 2 female roles.
