''Moby Dick'' is a 1978 filmed one-man version of

Herman Melville Herman Melville ( born Melvill; August 1, 1819 – September 28, 1891) was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet of the American Renaissance period. Among his best-known works are '' Moby-Dick'' (1851); '' Typee'' (1846), a ...

's classic 1851 novel ''

Moby Dick ''Moby-Dick; or, The Whale'' is an 1851 novel by American writer Herman Melville. The book is the sailor Ishmael's narrative of the obsessive quest of Ahab, captain of the whaling ship ''Pequod'', for revenge against Moby Dick, the giant whi ...

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, a Shakespearean actor trained in the Old Vic, and was directed by

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References

* Van Gelder, L. (1979, Jan 7). Moby Dick: A Test of Actor's Versatility. ''

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