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"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.

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
• Ed Devereaux 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
• Tommy Dysart
• 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

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. ^ "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.

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