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An adventure story with live music
\nbased on the novel by Herman Melville
\nfor adults+ children older than 8<\/p>\n

\u2018Moby Dick\u2019 is the story of Captain Ahab, who lost a leg to the notorious white whale. Driven by his thirst for vengeance Ahab chases the beast around the globe. Ruthlessly, he risks the lives of his entire crew, including innocent and trusting Ishmael, who has embarked on this, his maiden voyage to swap his landlubber\u2019s life for many years of adventure at sea.
\nThe audience shares Ishmael\u2019s journey through the \u2018glory days\u2019 of whale fishing, when men still killed the giant mammals with their bare hands, risking their lives but looking forward to untold profits. The spectators are offered an insight into the period, into the dangerous work of whale fishers and daily life at sea. The play also shows the economic importance whales and their industrial processing had at the time.
\nHerman Melville was the son of an impoverished New York family. He spent four years working on whaling ships before writing the epic story of Captain Ahab and his nemesis, the gigantic sperm whale Moby Dick, in 1851. Although most of us are likely to share the author\u2019s revulsion of the hunt for these gigantic and highly intelligent marine mammals, it is impossible not to be fascinated by it. At a time when it entailed rather more than today\u2019s mechanised bloodbath – when it necessitated extreme personal courage and struggle – whale fishing could frequently become a contest between man and whale, and, as is the case with Captain Ahab and Moby Dick, a personal conflict with uncertain outcome.<\/p>\n

With: Thomas Bammer \/ Erik Sch\u00e4ffler
\nUwe Schade + Heino Sellhorn
\nBook: Erik Sch\u00e4ffler + Thomas Bammer
\nUwe Schade + Heino Sellhorn
\nLyrics: Heino Sellhorn
\nDirection: Erik Sch\u00e4ffler
\nSet Design: Zazie Knepper
\nComposition: Uwe Schade + Heino Sellhorn<\/p>\n

Translation into English: Karen Waloschek
\nAvailable in German + English from: TheaterSt\u00fcckVerlag Korn- Wimmer & Wimmer, M\u00fcnchen
\nAn audio recording of Moby Dick’ is available in English from www.ilisten.de.<\/p>\n

the North Rhine-Westphalian Traumspiele Prize
\n+ filming by the ZDF television
\n+ the Bavarian Theatre Prize in 2000<\/p>\n

Press
\n“We were breathless as we sat beside Ishmael on a coffin in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.\u201c
\nHamburger Abendblatt<\/p>\n

\u2018Moby Dick\u2019 is testimony that the crew of \u2018Theater Triebwerk\u2019 are masters of their trade. Devoid of silliness, the play is extremely well crafted and manages to tell a highly complex story with few, sparsely handled means. This is Triebwerk\u2019s trademark, a reliable guarantor of excellence.\u201c
\nTheater der Zeit – June 2000<\/p>\n

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