Moby-Dick Moby-Dick Moby-Dick; or, The Whale is an 1851 novel by American writer Herman Melville. The book is sailor Ishmael's narrative of the obsessive quest of Ahab, captain of the whaling ship "Pequod", for revenge on Moby Dick, the white whale that on the ship's previous voyage bit off Ahab's leg at the knee. A contribution to the literature of the American Renaissance, the work's genre classifications range from late Romantic to early Symbolist. "Moby-Dick" was published to mixed reviews, was a commercial failure, and was out of print at the time of the author's death in 1891. Its reputation as
Moby Dick (musical) out of the West End as if it were one of the greatest hits of all time. Over the years, the show, alternately titled "Moby Dick! The Musical" or "Moby!", has proven to be a popular choice with regional theatre groups. In 1993, Longdon directed the American premier at Massachusetts Rep in New Bedford, MA, starring Ed Dixon as headmistress/Ahab, Terri White as Ahab's Wife and Cindy Marchionda as Ishmael and Ellen D. Williams who played recurring character, Patrice, in How I Met Your Mother, was an ensemble member in the cast. In 2003 an Americanized version deleted all the