"Moby Dick - Rehearsed" is a 1965 Australian TV play based on the 1955 play '' Moby Dick - Rehearsed'' by

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. It was shot in Sydney.

Plot

A stage is set for a performance of ''King Lear''. However the actor-manager has something else in mind - for his cast to do a rehearsed reading of ''Moby Dick''.

Cast

* Wynn Roberts as Ahab *Keith Alexander as Starbuck *

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as Stubb *Des Rolfe as Flask *Michael Thomas as young actor, also Ishmael *Patricia Connolly as Pip *Stewart Ginn *Tom Farley *David Copping *Alex Cann *

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*Guy Le Claire

Production

The set was designed by Geoffrey Wedlock.

Reception

The TV critic for the ''Sydney Morning Herald'' called it "very exciting television... Ken Hannam's production was compelling and always visually interesting, especially in the use of focus." The ''Canberra Times'' called it "a fine actors play, but, let us face it, a pretty boring one" but praised the work of Wynn Roberts and Patricia Connolly.

References

1965 television plays 1965 Australian television episodes 1960s Australian television plays Wednesday Theatre (season 1) episodes Works based on Moby-Dick Films directed by Ken Hannam {{tv-episode-stub