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Moby Dick

BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

A new stereophonic production of Henry Reed's radio version of the novel by Herman Melville
Music by Antony Hopkins
Starring Colin Blakely as Captain Ahab
with Philip Sully as Ishmael and Marius Goring as Father Mapple

Music played by the BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra with the BBC Northern Singers conducted by the Composer

(Henry Reed's dramatisation was first broadcast in 1947)
(Repeated next Mon at 7.20 pm; Thurs at 7.30 pm)
(Call Me Ishmael, a feature about Herman Melville: Sunday at 10.15 pm)

Contributors

Writer:
Henry Reed
From the novel by:
Herman Melville
Music:
Antony Hopkins
Director:
John Tydeman
Director:
Ian Cotterell
Captain Ahab:
Colin Blakely
Ishmael:
Philip Sully
Father Mapple:
Marius Goring
Starbuck:
Malcolm Hayes
Pip:
Adam Godley
Stubb:
Sean Barrett
Flask:
John Hollis
Captain Peleg:
Geoffrey Matthews
Elijah:
Lewis Stringer
The Manxman:
Bill Monks
Queequeg:
Mark Heath
Captain Mayhew:
Denys Hawthorne
Captain Gardiner:
Manning Wilson
Fedallah:
Saeed Jaffrey
Tashtego:
Danny Schiller
Daggoo:
Roger Hammond
Doughboy:
Andrew Branch
Archy:
Tim Bentinck
Cabaco:
John Bull
Source: Radio Times

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