Moby Dick, or The Whale

It is the story of a legendary white whale and its hunter, Captain Ahab, driven by boundless hatred. Though largely overlooked when it was first published in 1851, Herman Melville’s novel *Moby-Dick* is celebrated today as a groundbreaking masterpiece of the century. Inspired by the writings of the Old Testament, the plays of William Shakespeare, and both historical and zoological works of his time, Herman Melville attempts to explain the world, God, humanity, and nature—and how it all fits together. The nearly thousand-page account of the sea voyage and the hunt for Moby Dick recounts adventures of elemental force on the high seas, but also delves into the depths of the human soul and the landscape of human destiny. The Candlelight Dynamite collective transforms world literature into a theatrical and musical panorama exploring the relationship between humans and animals, using lovingly crafted props and rich stage poetry. Following *The Wild Swans in Space* and the Christmas children’s play *The Last Unicorn*, Nadine and Denis Geyersbach are now taking the Kleine Haus by storm with Herman Melville’s classic of world literature.