Southwark PlayhouseThe nautical Herman Melville is popping up repeatedly on theatrical radars this year. Moby-Dick was produced at the Arcola in April, and now Secret/Heart adapts this unfinished novella in which innocence and corruption are pitted against each other on a Royal Navy ship sailing to war against the French. At its heart is the sweet-faced and sweet-natured (and also press-ganged) sailor, Billy, who qui…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:12PM on July 31, 2013