Two inches of American oak are all that lie between you and the bottom of the sea and just five inches of sharpened iron protect you from the crush of a behemoth’s tail. Eight actors and a few objects create Melville’s world of ships and taverns and storms and coffins. What will you find there? Brotherhood? Madness? Purpose? All of these. And more. Pity Ahab. Pity Starbuck. Pity them all.