South Pacific

Schrijvers: Joshua Logan, Oscar Hammerstein II
Componist: Richard Rodgers

Set in an island paradise during World War II, two parallel love stories are threatened by the dangers of prejudice and war. Nellie, a spunky nurse from Arkansas, falls in love with a mature French planter, Emile. Nellie learns that the mother of his children was an island native and, unable to turn her back on the prejudices with which she was raised, refuses Emile’s proposal of marriage. Meanwhile, the strapping Lt. Joe Cable denies himself the fulfillment of a future with an innocent Tonkinese girl with whom he’s fallen in love out of the same fears that haunt Nellie. When Emile is recruited to accompany Joe on a dangerous mission that claims Joe’s life, Nellie realizes that life is too short not to seize her own chance for happiness, thus confronting and conquering her prejudices.

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Title Specific Notes Materials Licensing

Full Setting:

South Pacific takes place on two islands in the South Pacific during World War II.

Specific Locations:
The Terrace of Emile de Becque’s Plantation
Home Another Part of the Island
The Edge of a Palm Grove Near the Beach
The Company Street Inside the Island Commander’s Office
The Beach Inside a Native Hut on Bali Ha’i
Near the Beach on Bali Ha’i
A Performance of ‘The Thanksgiving Follies’
Backstage at ‘The Thanksgiving Follies’
The Radio Shack

Instrumentatie: full package (South Pacific) - Full Package Rentals

30 Vocal Books
1 Piano-Conductor
1 Flute
1 Oboe
1 Clarinet 1
1 Clarinet 2
1 Bassoon
1 Horn 1
1 Horn 2
1 Horn 3
1 Trumpet 1
1 Trumpet 2
1 Trumpet 3
1 Trombone 1
1 Trombone 2
1 Tuba
1 Percussion
1 Harp
2 Violin 1
2 Violin 2
2 Viola
2 Cello
1 Bass
1 String Synthesizer (Optional)
1 Logo Pack

Additional Material:
A Full Score is available for this title for an additional fee. Please contact your licensing representative for additional information.

Additional song "My Girl Back Home" is available for an additional fee. Please contact your licensing representative for additional information.
Instrumentatie: piano only (South Pacific) - Piano Only

Piano Only:30 Vocal Books
1 Piano-Conductor
1 Logo Pack

Two-Piano Arrangement:
30 Vocal Books
1 Piano-Conductor
2 Two-Piano Arrangement (Act 1)
2 Two Piano Arrangement (Act 2)

Additional Material:Additional song "My Girl Back Home" is available for an additional fee. Please contact your licensing representative for additional information.
PRINCIPALS
2 Women
2 Men

FEATURED
1 Woman
5 Men
1 Boy
1 Girl

ENSEMBLE
Large singing ensemble consisting of Islanders, Nuns, Officers, Sailors, Marines, and Soldiers

CHARACTERS
Ensign Nellie Forbush
Emile De Becque
Ngana - his daughter
Jerome - his son
Henry - his native servant
Bloody Mary
Liat - her daughter
Bloody Mary's Assistant
Luther Billis
Abner
Stewpot (Carpenter's Mate Second Class, George Watts)
Professor
Lt. Joseph Cable, United States Marine Corps
Capt. George Brackett, United States Navy
Cmdr. William Harbison, United States Navy
Lt. Buzz Adams
Yeoman Herbert Quale - sailor
Radio Operator Bob McCaffrey - sailor
2 Seabees (originally named Morton Wise and Richard West)
2 Sailors (originally named Tom O'Brien and James Hayes)
3 Marines (Originally named Sgt. Kenneth Johnson, Cpl. Hamilton Steeves and Staff Sgt. Thomas Hassinger)
A Shore Patrolman
Lead Nurse (originally named Lt. Genevieve Marshall)
Ensign Dinah Murphy
Ensign Janet MacGregor
7 Ensigns (originally named Connie Walewska, Bessie Noonan, Rita Adams, Lisa Minelli, Pamela Whitmore, Sue Yaeger and Cora MacRae)
Islanders, Nuns, Officers, Sailors, Marines, and Soldiers