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UA Brings Melville’s MOBY-DICK to the Stage

From The Tuscaloosa News: Although Captain Ahab steers “Moby-Dick” the way King Lear drives his family, his is not a solo pursuit.

It takes a crew to land a whale.

A new adaptation of Herman Melville’s massive novel, opening Monday at the University of Alabama’s Gallaway Theatre, began four years ago with talks between theater professors Steve Burch and Seth Panitch.

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