In My Stage Adaptation, I’m Struggling To Decide Which Nationality Nemo Should Be. I’m Making Him

In my stage adaptation, I’m struggling to decide which nationality Nemo should be. I’m making him a violent narcissist and I don’t want to come off like ‘the scary horrible Indian man captures these white people.’ But maybe his rage against imperialism heightens the audiences empathy and helps his actions make sense? Or perhaps I could keep his nationality vague like the book to add to his vampiric air. Much to think about!

Key Features of a Captain Nemo Interpretation

indian (i cannot stress how important it is that this is number one with an electric bullet for reasons that would take another book to explain)

raw charisma

melancholic solitude

gutwrenching bleeding-heart sympathy for the oppressed

philosophical ambiguity so intricately multilayered that it offsets the murder stuff

the murder stuff

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