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Orson Welles Rehearses Moby Dick

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Jungle harpoons a remarkable Orson Welles Rehearses Moby Dick

By Elizabeth Weir

"Kristopher Lencowski as the apple-cheeked young actor, Gordon, launches the play with the words, "Call me Gordon," an echo of the famous opening line of Moby Dick: "Call me Ishmael."

Young Gordon, who plays Ishmael, the Pequod's lone survivor, steps in and out of the action to narrate snippets of the play in the manner of a voiceover, a technique pioneered by Welles. Lencowski brings a pleasing freshness to his role..."