Moby Dick - Rehearsed (Wednesday Theatre)

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"Moby Dick - Rehearsed"
Wednesday Theatre episode
Episode no.Season 1
Episode 20
Directed by Ken Hannam
Based on Moby Dick Rehearsed
by Orson Welles
Original air date19 May 1965 (1965-05-19) [1] [2]
Running time65 mins [3]
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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. [4]

Contents

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

Production

The set was designed by Geoffrey Wedlock. [6]

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." [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]

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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. 1 2 "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.