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William Shatner plays James T. Kirk, former captain of the Enterprise.

Shatner was unwilling to reprise the role of Kirk until he received a salary of $ 2 million and the promise of directing the next film.

Shatner described The Voyage Homes comic quality as one " that verges on tongue-in-cheek but isn't, it's as though the characters within the play have a great deal of joy about themselves, a joy of living you play it with the reality you would in a kitchen-sink drama written for today's life.