Captain Ahab assembled the crew of the Pequod and told them that they could not afford to fail in the quest to kill the great white whale and so he had come up with a plan. The Pequod lay becalmed on ...

Obsession, sea salt, bloodlust and a really annoying whale – that is my synopsis of “Moby Dick” by Herman Melville. Crooked and bent over a carnal thirst for revenge, Captain Ahab leads the crew of ...

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Two famous Ahabs: Gregory Peck, left, in the 1956 movie; and Patrick Stewart, right, in a 1988 TV adaptation. File It took Herman Melville 135 chapters to get to the part in his 1851 classic "Moby ...

Herman Melville’s 1851 grand masterpiece, “Moby Dick; or The Whale,” has been one of my favorite books for a long time. I first read the story in a Classics Illustrated comic book. The 1956 movie with ...

When Joe Bishara was auditioning potential cast members for MOBY DICK’S GONE MISSING with playwright Sean Cooney, they found the “perfect fit” for seven of the show’s eight roles. The one missing ...

Captain Ahab, who led the ill-fated quest for Melville's great white whale, Moby-Dick, may have been misunderstood. Today, it appears he has much... Was Captain Ahab Ahead of His Time? Is it possible?