1973 south pacific

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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A GAIETY EVENING FIRST ACT

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W e trust you enjoyed your Gaiety evening come a g a in !

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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.

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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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When the curtain conies down come down to Jonathans A fte r th e fin a l c u rta in take a t w o m in u te stroll t o J o n a th a n s in G ra fto n Street.

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The c u is in e a lw a y s gets to p review s fro m th e a tre -g o e rs . There is. o f course, a w in e (icence. A n d J o n a th a n s D o w n s t a ir s re m a in s op e n u n til 1 .3 0 am.

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