Moby Dick - Rehearsed (Wednesday Theatre)

"Moby Dick - Rehearsed" is a 1965 Australian TV play based on the 1955 play Moby Dick - Rehearsed by Orson Welles. It was shot in Sydney.[4]

"Moby Dick - Rehearsed"
Wednesday Theatre episode
Episode no.Season 1
Episode 20
Directed byKen Hannam
Based onMoby Dick Rehearsed
by Orson Welles
Original air date19 May 1965 (1965-05-19)[1][2]
Running time65 mins[3]
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Plot

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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

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  • Wynn Roberts as Ahab
  • Keith Alexander as Starbuck
  • Ed Devereaux as Stubb
  • Des Rolfe as Flask
  • Michael Thomas as young actor, also Ishmael
  • Patricia Connolly as Pip[5]
  • Stewart Ginn
  • Tom Farley
  • David Copping
  • Alex Cann
  • Tommy Dysart
  • Guy Le Claire

Production

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The set was designed by Geoffrey Wedlock.[6]

Reception

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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."[4]

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.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 17 March 1965. p. 15.
  2. ^ "TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 19 March 1965. p. 25.
  3. ^ "WEDNESDAY". The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 17 May 1965. p. 18. Retrieved 25 May 2020 – via Trove.
  4. ^ a b "Moby Dick - Rehearsed". Sydney Morning Herald. 20 May 1965.
  5. ^ "Actresses at the top - from two channels". The Age. 13 May 1965. p. 25.
  6. ^ "TV Guide". The Age. 13 March 1965. p. 26.
  7. ^ "What to stay home for..." The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 17 May 1965. p. 17. Retrieved 25 May 2020 – via Trove.