Overview
A meta-theatrical adaptation of Moby-Dick in which a rehearsal evolves into a full performance, as actors are absorbed into the roles of Ishmael, Starbuck, and Ahab in a stripped-down, imagination-driven staging. Filmed by Orson Welles in 1955, the footage remains unreleased and is considered lost.
Cast
- Gordon Jackson as A Young Actor /Ishmael
- Christopher Lee as A Stage Manager /Flask
- Patrick McGoohan as A Serious Actor /Starbuck
- Wensley Pithey as A Middle-Aged Actor /Stubb
- Joan Plowright as A Young Actress /Pip
- Peter Sallis as A Stage Manger /Flask
- Orson Welles as An Actor Manager /Father Mapple /Ahab
- Kenneth Williams as A Very Serious Actor /Elijah and others