![]() ![]() Faced with the sudden realisation that she may have lost Emile, Nellie is able to put her fears and meaningless prejudices into perspective and realises that her love for him and the things he stands for is paramount. Eventually they are discovered, however Cable is killed, and radio contact with Emile is cut off. They embark on their spy mission to a neighbouring island where, for a few days, the plan works and they are able to transmit messages of Japanese naval manoeuvrings. With nothing to lose, both Cable and Emile are feeling the recklessness of lost love, and with that recklessness comes the willingness to take greater risks. This logic isn’t born in you, Cable explains bitterly YOU’VE GOT TO BE CAREFULLY TAUGHT.Įmile sees his dream of paradise fading away (THIS NEARLY WAS MINE). Emile, who has fought so hard all his life for freedom and fairness, cannot understand how two people such as Nellie and Cable can walk away from a chance for love, prevented by such an incomprehensible logic. Backstage, Bloody Mary and Liat have come to Cable, to convince him to take this chance for love (HAPPY TALK) but Joe, despite his deep love for Liat, is caught in a similar trap of his own prejudices and decides he cannot marry her. She throws herself into her work – as voluntary director and star of the home-grown “Thanksgiving Follies” show (HONEY BUN). But when Emile says they are his, the prejudices and fear inherent in her small town upbringing rise to the surface and, panicked, she runs from him and from their future. Later, at a dinner party, Emile introduces Nellie to two sweet native children, who she finds charming. ![]() They fall in love immediately (YOUNGER THAN SPRINGTIME). ![]() With nothing else to do, Cable visits BALI HA’I (REPRISE), where Bloody Mary introduces him to her beautiful daughter, Liat. Later in a tactical meeting, Emile refuses to join Cable’s mission. Nellie is bowled over and believes that she and Emile could spend a wonderful lifetime together (A WONDERFUL GUY). But Emile convinces her of his love for her (SOME ENCHANTED EVENING – REPRISE). Confused about her feelings for Emile, Nellie decides to play it safe by simply deciding, “T’M GONNA WASH THAT MAN RIGHT OUT-A MY HAIR”. ![]() Meanwhile, Nellie’s friendship with Emile is known to the Island Commander and she is asked to obtain all the information she can about him. Cable to lead a pleasure-seeking expedition to the island. Luther Billis’ immediatley makes it his mission to Lt. Cable is intrigued when Bloody Mary, who thinks he is very attractive, tells him about the mysterious and forbidden island in the bay, BALI HA’I. They are to hide out on a Japanese-held island, watch for enemy ships and convey this information to their own pilots, to help them attack the Japanese convoys. Joseph Cable, a handsome young Marine, arrives with an assignment to persuade de Becque, who is familiar with the nearby islands, to accompany him on a dangerous secret mission. Souvenir collecting is about the only active pastime and has developed into a marketing war between Seabee Luther Billis, who has cornered the market in everything from grass skirts to shrunken heads, and BLOODY MARY, the local Tokinese dealer in such trophies. Nellie, a self-described country hick with an unremittingly sunny outlook (A COCKEYED OPTIMIST) finds herself drawn to this dark and brooding Frenchman (TWIN SOLILOQUIES), whose romantic and passionate emotions win her over (SOME ENCHANTED EVENING).Īlso stationed on the island are a group of restless sailors, seabees and marines who are obviously bored and sorely in need of female companionship (THERE IS NOTHIN’ LIKE A DAME). The planter, Emile de Becque, has fallen in love with Nellie Forbush, a young Navy Nurse from Little Rock, Arkansas. On a South Pacific island during World War II, two little children are playing on the terrace of the home of a rich planter (DITES MOI). A film version was released in 1958, while a television film was made in 2001. The production closed on 16 January 1954, running for a total of 1 925 performances. The original Broadway production opened on 7 April 1949 and was directed by Joshua Logan. Book by Oscar Hammerstein II and Joshua Logan, based on Tales of the South Pacific by James Michener. ![]()
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