South Pacific
Written by Rodgers and Hammerstein
Directed by Colin Burring
30 June – 5 July 1997
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Tony for Best Musical, South Pacific flourished as the golden musical of Broadway’s post-WWII golden era. Nearly 60 years after its 1949 premiere, South Pacific returned to Broadway in Lincoln Center Theater’s glorious Tony-winning production, setting box-office records and bringing this timely and timeless musical to new generations. With a score by Rodgers & Hammerstein and a libretto by Hammerstein and Joshua Logan, based on James A. Michener’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, Tales of the South Pacific, this landmark musical combines compassionate love stories with the saga of a world at war. Richly developed characters are faced with life-changing moments in a complex world, their thoughts and yearnings powerfully expressed in the lyrics to such songs as “This Nearly Was Mine,” “Younger Than Springtime,” and “Some Enchanted Evening.”
Cast
Emile de Becque’s Children – Loveleen Kaur, Sandeep Sandu, Josephine Vander Gucht, William Vander Gucht
Henry – Barrie Richardson
Nellie Forbush – Jacqueline Medhurst
Emile de Becque – Paul Wharton
Bloody Mary – Margaret Penny
Marcella – Emma Pearce
Stewpot – Graham Frosdick
Seabee Richard Dicks – Ian Humphreys
Sgt. Jack Waters – Malcolm Corti
Seebee Ben Nevis – Ben Gaston
Luther Billis – Graham Peters
Professor – Ian Macdonald
Ensign Lisa Manelli – Janet Pearce
Ensign Lorna Lovelly – Joanna Lovell
Ensign Bessie Noonan – Nikki Horner
Ensign Connie Walewska – Jaqui Rand
Ensign Marilyn Mansfield – Jenny Tallowin
Lt Joseph Cable, USMC – Matt Hawes
Capt George Brackett, USN – John Hart
Comdr William Harbison – Barry Hooper
Sgt Herbert Quale, USN – Mark Woodham
Lt Genevieve Marshall, USN – Pauline Ellard
Ensign Rita Bubbly – Jenny Brookes
Ensign Betty Pitt – Dawn Leese
Ensign Cora MacCrae – Holly Jarman
Ensign Julianna van Gough – Joanne Dunham
Liat – Nicky Butler
Radio Operator – Keith Jarman
Lt. Buzz Adams, USN – Michael Bate
Cpl. Steeves, USN – Vernon Leese
Crew
Choreography – Stella Jarman
Musical Director – Andrew Parmley
Stage Manager – Eric White
ASM – Gareth Hunt
Props – Pam Horner, Kelly Randall, Sue Oliver, Emma Pearce, Anna Lane
Stage Crew – Ray Watts, Graham King, Jeff Bodycomb
Prompts – Maggie Baird, Shelley Peters
Percussion – Malcolm Ball
Lighting – Alan Hunt, Nicky Jones
Sound – Emma King, Annie Lee
Wardrobe – Margaret Ball, Marjorie Sawyer, Carole Bramall
Set Design – Eric White, Sylvia Hogg
Set Builders – Ray Watts, Bill Brookes, Sylvia Hogg, Jeff Bodycomb, Barrie Richardson, Jessica Zimbalatti