Gaiety Theatre Dublin Directors Eam onn Andrews. Lorcan Bourke, Fred O’Donovan, D erm od Cafferky, Tom Walsh & Jon Kearns
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C om m en cin g M onday April 2nd, 1973
RATHMINES AND RATHGAR MUSICAL SOCIETY presents
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INTERVAL Y o u r d rin k s are ready and w a itin g lo r yo u at y o u r table. - Y o u ’ re saved tim e a nd tro u b le .
ENCORE Relax after th e show. Have a d rink. T h e bars a re alw ays o p e n for half an ho u r a fte r c u rta in fall.
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W e trust you enjoyed your Gaiety evening come a g a in ! Licenced Bars on all Floors.
GAIETY
THEATRE
SOUTH KING STREET, DUBLIN 2 Telephone : 771717
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Resident M anager JO E KEARNS
OPENING MONDAY April 2nd, 1973 RATHMINES & RATHGAR MUSICAL SOCIETY presents
Music by RICHARD RODGERS Lyrics by OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II Book by OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II & JOSHUA LOGAN Adapted from James A. M ichener’s novel “ Tales o f the South Pacific” Musical Director TERRY O’CONNOR, L.R.A.M. Choreography by ALICE DALGARNO Settings designed and executed by Gaiety Theatre Workshop Costumes by Derry O’Donovan
ENTIRE PRODUCTION BY JAMES BELCHAMBER
Dublin-Cork Umetick Galway WaterfordTralee m
PROGRAMME NOTE
Rodgers and Hammerstein became involved in South Pacific in a roundabout way. The first person to see dramatic poss ibilities in James Michener's book (Tales of the South Pacific) was Kenneth McKenna, then head of the story department of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Naturally, he first thought of the work for the screen. After much discussion he, with playwright-director Joshua Logan, began to realise that it would be ideal for a musical. A chance meeting w ith Rodgers and Hammerstein Jed to their agreement to create it for the stage, but it was four months before a note of music or a word of dialogue was written. As we see it now the show is really made up of two of the Tales of the South Pacific; they were ‘Our Heroine’ (the love story of Nellie Forbush and Emile de Becque) and the other T o ’ Dollah’ (the unhappy love .affair between Joe Cable, a naval lieutenant and Liat, a native g irl). South Pacific opened in New York on April 7th, 1949, and with it Rodgers and Hammerstein achieved one of their great est successes.
SYNOPSIS OF SCENES
ACT ONE Scene Scene Scene Scene Scene Scene Scene Scene Scene Scene Scene Scene Scene
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Emil? e Becque’s hillside house. Cot. ny Street. A bi h on the Island. C o r my Street. Cap* .in Brackett’s OtKce. Company Street. Another bv ach on the island. Company Street. Captain Brackett’s office. Bali Ha’i. Liat’s hut on Bali Ha’i. Bali Ha'i. : Emile de Becque’s hillside house. ACT TWO
Scene 1 Scene 2 Scene 3 Scene 4 Scene 5 Scene 6 Scene 7 Scene 8 Scene 9 Scene 10 Scene 11 Scene 12
During the Ttvw.fegiving Day Concert. Backstage. During the concert. Backstage. The Takeoff. The Radio Inack.-x Pilot’s briefing. Radio Shack. Company Street. A beach on the island. Operation Alligator. Emile de Becque’s hillside house.
iS o u tk ‘“'P a c ific by RICHARD RODGERS & OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II Cast in order of appearance N G A N A .................................................. Helen Crowley JEROME ..................................... Garrett Mountaine HENRY ..................................................... Ed Delaney ENSIGN NELLIE FORBUSH ... Mary O’Callaghan EMILE DE BEGQUE ............................ John Roche BLOODY MARY ............................. Heather Hewson BLOODY MARY’S ASSISTANT .................................... Kay Forde
STAFF-SGT. THOMAS HASSINGER ............................ Barney Gorman PTE. VICTOR GEROM E......................... Ed. Delaney PTE. SVEN LARSEN ........................ Martin Griffith SGT. JACK WATERS ........................ Jack Conroy LT. GENEVIEVE MARSHALL ............... Pat Pasley ENSIGN LISA MANELLI ..................... Mary McGee ENSIGN CONNIE WALEWSKA ... Margaret Creed
ABNER ............................................. Michael Cullen
ENSIGN JANET McGREGOR ........... Ann Crossan
STEWPOT ............................................. Noel Magee
ENSIGN BESSIE NOONAN ................. Ena Boylan
LUTHER BILLIS ................................ Paschal Walsh
ENSIGN PAMELA WHITMORE ... Angela McBrien
PROFESSOR ......................................... Sean Hogan
ENSIGN RITA ADAMS ......................... Sally Young
LT. JOSEPH CABLE ................................ Joe Lane
ENSIGN AMMIE LOUELLA ................. Judy Falkner
CAPT. GEORGE BRACKETT, U.S.N............................................ Frank Gormley
ENSIGN BETTY PITT ............... Doreen Sheridan
COMMDR. WILLIAM HARBISON, U.S.N........................................... Henry Kennedy
ENSIGN DINAH MURPHY ....................Anne Walsh
YEOMAN HERBERT QUALE ....... Brendan Galvin SGT. KENNETH JOHNSON ............... Niall Dungan
ENSIGN CORA MacRAE .................... Nuala Keely ENSIGN SUE JAEGER ......................... Fran Barrett L IA T .............................................. Elizabeth Macauley
SEABEE RICHARD WEST ............... Paddy Joyce
MARCEL (Henry’s Assistant) ........... Tommy O’Dwyer
SEABEE MORTON W IS E ................. John O’ Connor
LT. BUZZ ADAMS
SEAMAN TOM O’BRIEN ........................ Pat Lawlor
MADAME DES MORTES
RADIO OPERATOR ......................... Tom Singleton
MADAME MALMAISON .................... Mary McCann
MARINE CPL. HAMILTON STEEVES ........................ Camillus Mountaine
DANCERS
.......................... Paddy Joyce
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The action of the play takes place on two islands in the South Pacific during World War II. There is a week’s lapse of time between the two acts.
................. Eva Staveley
Tom Singleton Judy Falkner
For the Rathm fnes & R athgar Musical Society Honorary Secretary
CLEM P. RYAN
Honorary Treasurer
THOMAS MURTAGH
Chorus Master
ROBERT J. DALY
W ardrobe Master
PASCHAL WALSH
Wardrobe Mistress
CYNTHIA TAYLOR
Booking Secretary
FRED TAYLOR
Stage Director
BETTY LONG
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Assistants
P ublic Relations
DAPHNE 'MILLAR & PAULA RYAN GLADYS MacNEVIN
Party Booking Enquiries to Mr. Fred Taylor, Telephone 981249 CREDITS : Costumes by Derry O’Donovan. Cigarettes & Cigars by P. J. C arroll & Co., Grand Parade, Dublin 6 , - . Coca-Cola by‘Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Ltd., Chapelizod, Co. Dublin. Miss O 'C allaghan’s Hair Style and Miss Falkner's Wig by PETER MARK. W icker Furniture by B lind Crafts, Rathmines. FOR GAIETY THEATRE Stage M anager : PADDY JONES Assistant Stage Manager : GEORGE McFALL Stage E lectrician : SEAN BURKE Costume care by LYK-NU of CAMDEN STREET, and THE MALL, DONNYBROOK. The public m ay leave at the end of the perform ance by all Exit doors. Persons shall not be perm itted to stand o r sit in any of the gang-ways intersecting the seating o r to sit in any of the oth er gangways. (Copy of bye-iaws). The taking of photographs in the auditorium is stric tly pro hibited.
SPRING SEASON 1973
DUBLIN GRAND OPERA SOCIETY presents LEADING INTERNATIONAL AND IRISH ARTISTES IN
AH INTERNATIONAL SEASON OF OPERA Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni)
I Pagliacci
(Leoncavallo)
Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Thursday April 23, 25, 27 and May 3
La Boheme (Puccini) Tuesday, Thursday, aSturday, Tuesday, Friday April 24, 26, 28, May 1 and 4
La Forza Del Destine (Verdi) Monday, Wednesday, Saturday April 30, May 2 and 5
Falstaff (Verdi) Monday, Wednesday, Friday May 7, 9 and 11
Le Nozze Di Figaro (Mozart) Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday May 8, 10 and 12
GALA NIGHT : WEDNESDAY 25 APRIL
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