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Moby Dick - Rehearsed (Wednesday Theatre)

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"Moby Dick - Rehearsed"
Wednesday Theatre episode
Episode no.Season 1
Episode 20
Directed byKen Hannam
Teleplay bybased on the play by Orson Welles
Original air date19 May 1965 (Sydney)
Running time65 mins[1]
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Moby Dick - Rehearsed is a 1965 Australian TV play based on the play Moby Dick - Rehearsed by Orson Welles. It was shot in Sydney.[2]

Cast

  • Wynn Roberts as Ahab
  • Patricia Connolly

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."[2]

The Canberra Times called it "a fine actors play, but, let us face it, a pretty boring one, for all this but praised the work of Wynn Roberts and Patricia Connolly.[3]

References

  1. ^ "WEDNESDAY". The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 17 May 1965. p. 18. Retrieved 25 May 2020 – via Trove.
  2. ^ a b "Moby Dick - Rehearsed". Sydney Morning Herald. 20 May 1965.
  3. ^ "What to stay home for..." The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 17 May 1965. p. 17. Retrieved 25 May 2020 – via Trove.