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South Pacific
Music by Richard Rodgers
lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Book by Oscar Hammerstein II and Joshua Logan (1949)
Adapted from the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelTales of the South Pacific by James A Michener
Original stage production directed by Joshua Logan
Rodgers & Hammerstein's
South Pacific
On a small South Pacific island, Nellie Forbush, a US Navy nurse, falls for a mysterious French planter whose life-style could not be more different from the conservatism of her own Arkansas background. Meanwhile, Lt Joe Cable arrives to carry out a top-secret spying mission against the Japanese fleet from behind enemy lines. He is befriended by a Tonkinese trader, Bloody Mary, and soon becomes involved with her beautiful young daughter...
To celebrate the centenary of Richard Rodgers' birth, Trevor Nunn directs Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical masterpiece, with musical staging by Matthew Bourne and designs by John Napier. The richly descriptive score contains a host of classic songs, including Some Enchanted Evening, I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair, There is Nothin' Like A Dame, Younger Than Springtime and Bali Ha'i.
Cast credits:
Chip Baker : Thomas Aaron
Lt Joseph Cable : Edward Baker-Duly
Jerry Tutwiler : James Barron
Swing/Dance Captain : Sarah Bayliss
Connie McRae : Lorraine Chappell
Jerome : Wai Chun Cheung
Lisa Manella : Cathy Cogle
Tom O'Brien : Branwell Donaghey
Bessie Noonan : Nicola Filshie
Bloody Mary : Sheila Francisco
Ngana : Melanie Min Yin Hah
Stewpot : Paul Hawkyard
Thomas Hassinger : Mark Hilton
Luther Billis : Nick Holder
Yeoman Herbert Quayle : Christopher Holt
Dinah Murphy : Sarah Ingram
Nellie Forbush : Lauren Kennedy
Edna Smith : Sarah Leatherbarrow
Ngana : Natasha Lee
Sue Yaeger : Jean McGlynn
Radio Operator Bob McCaffrey : Ian McLarnon
Jerome : Samuel Manisty
Janet Johnson : Sarah Manton
Cmdr William Harbison : Stuart Milligan
Ngana : Caresse Mingo
Carla Velasquez : Renée Montemayor
Brad Weaver : Tam Mutu
Swing : Zehra Naqvi
Lt Genevieve Marshall : Sasha Oakley
Shore Patrol Officer : Richard Pettyfer
Emile de Becque : Philip Quast
Rita Gonzalez : Golda Rosheuvel
Captain George Brackett : John Shrapnel
Swing : Daniel Stockton
Professor : David Stothard
Liat : Elaine Tan
Jerome : Kevin Tan
Ngana : Malissa Tang
Jerome : Monty Tang
'Abner' : Phong Truong
Betty Bowman : Rebecca Vere
Swing : Timothy Walton
Ben Johnson : Neal Wright
Henri : Richard Youman
Lt 'Bus' Adams : Joe Young
Production credits:
Director: Trevor Nunn
Musical Staging: Matthew Bourne
Designer: John Napier
Costume Designer: Elise Napier
Lighting Designer: David Hersey
Original Orchestrations: Robert Russell Bennett
Additional Orchestrations: William David Brohn
Musical Supervisor: David White
Music Director: Stephen Broker
Assistant Music Director: Marcus Tilt
Sound Designer: Paul Groothuis
South Pacific finished on: 27 April 2002
