South Pacific - April 2009


CAST LIST

Nellie Forbush - Samantha King
Emile de Becque - Martin Evans
Ngana, his daughter - Jessica Boland/Chloe Edwards
Jerome, his son - Luke Robinson/Tomas Winfield
Henry, his servant - John Arnold
Bloody Mary - Mary Mark
Liat, her daughter - Megan Rai/Laura Evans
Luther Billis - Alf Rai
Stewpot - Jay Picken
Professor - Arthur Bate
Lt. Joseph Cable - Andy Robinson
Captain Brackett- Colin Hunt
Commander Harbison - Mark Friedl
Lt. Buzz Adams - Christopher Eastup
Quale/McCaffrey - Robert Dixon
Shore Patrolman - John Wiley
Dinah Murphy - Lydia Lavill
Janet MacGregor - Nikki Rai
Genevieve Marshall - Rachel Mawer

LADIES
Jodie Aris, Jessica Boland, Johann Davis, Emma Dunn, Laura Evans,Angela Holmes, Alex Jones, Lydia Lavill, Rachel Mawer, Felicity North,Rebecca Phillips, Charlotte Poulton, Abbie Rai, Megan Rai, Nikki Rai, Val Simpkiss, Jade Smedley, Christine Spittle

GENTLEMEN
John Arnold, Arthur Bate, Danny Bates, Robert Dixon, Christopher Eastup, Robert Lehman, Jay Picken, James Robinson, Matthew Rice, John Wiley

NON-ACTING MEMBERS
Brenda Arnold, Peter Arnold,Emma Bond, Dorothy Copson, Kay Corbett, Terry Corbett, Kay Darren, Val Goodfellow, Catherine Hammond, Jill Hodgkins, Sidney Hodgkins, Christine Hunt, Barbara King, Trevor Law, Alan Merrick, Betty Merrick, Judith Parry, Alan Pooler, Andy Poulton, Tamason Poulton, Bethany Ruffle. Jenni Rullan, Pat Small, Katie Smith-Partridge, Bryan Smith, Eileen Southall, Ann Stokes, Roger Stokes, Graham Tarbuck, Brian White, Wendy White

SYNOPSIS OF SOUTH PACIFIC

Set on a remote island during World War II, the classic musical follows two parallel romances: one between Ensign Nellie Forbush, a Navy nurse, and Emile de Becque, a wealthy French plantation owner; the other between Liat, a native girl, and a young American Marine, Lt. Joseph Cable, whose secret mission on the island could help change the course of the war.

Nellie is a small town woman who joined the Navy to see the world outside of Little Rock, Arkansas. When she meets the arrestingly handsome Emile, the two fall in love at first sight. But Emile is hiding a secret that threatens their blossoming romance.

Lt. Cable wasn't looking for love when he arrived on the island. He is on a secret mission to establish a coast watch on an enemy-held island to spy on the Japanese - a mission that requires enlisting the aid of someone who knows the area well. Once on the island, he meets Luther Billis a wily Seabee, and Bloody Mary, a shrewd native woman who uses the GIs as much as she caters to them. When Billis takes Cable to the exotic Bali Ha'i for some R&R, Mary introduces him to her beautiful daughter, Liat, and Cable falls passionately in love.

Both romances face daunting obstacles, however, and lovers are torn apart by racial prejudice. Heartbroken and disenchanted, Cable and Emile make the decision to embark on a dangerous mission that may threaten both of their lives.

"Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific" is based on James Michener's Pulitzer Prize-winning collection of stories, "Tales of the South Pacific". With music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and a book by Hammerstein and Joshua Logan, "South Pacific" premiered in 1949, winning the Pulitzer Prize and nine Tony Awards, including Best Musical.