Herman

by Stewart Conn

A study of Herman Melville, author of the classic 'Moby Dick' turns into an obsession for the University Professor in American literature in a mirror image of Captain Ahab's obsessive pursuit of the great white whale until fact and fiction merge. Introduction by author. Cast of 11, 9 M and 2 F.

78 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1981

About the author

Stewart Conn is a Scottish poet and playwright, born in Hillhead, Glasgow. His father was a minister Kelvinside Church but the family moved to Kilmarnock, Ayrshire in 1941 when he was five. During the 1960s and 1970s, he worked for the BBC at their offices off Queen Margaret Drive and moved to Edinburgh in 1977, where until 1992 he was based as BBC Scotland's Head of Radio Drama. He was the inaugural Edinburgh City Makar from 2002 to 2005.