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South Pacific

Title: South Pacific [videorecording] / Presented by Williamson Music Ltd., as originally produced by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II in association with Leland Hayward and Joshua Logan ; production reproduced by Jerome White ; music by Richard Rodgers ; lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein ; book by Oscar Hammerstein and Joshua Logan ; adapted from James A. Michener's novel Tales of the South Pacific ; staged by Joshua Logan ; [direction recreated by] Jack Miller ; [film produced by] Stanley Schofield.
Publication: London, [between 1951 and 1953]

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Description

2 videocassettes (VHS) (181 min.) : sd., b&w SP; 1/2 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Held by the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive under a long term loan agreement from The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Musicals.

Note

Most likely a filmed dress rehearsal. No audience is present. The film was made at the request of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein for their use. Video copied from 16mm film.

Access (note)

Permission required.

Credits (note)

Scenery and lighting by Jo Mielziner ; musical director, Reginald Burston ; stage manager, Jack Waters.

Performer (note)

Mary Martin, Wilbur Evans, Muriel Smith, Evelyn Dove, Archie Savage, Patricia Lowe, Maxine Aslanoff, Leon Garcia, Stanley Blackman, Michael Mellinger, Bill Nagy, Fredo Wayne, Wally Peterson, Peter Grant, John McLaren, John Harvey, Larry Hagman, Ivor Emanuel, Henry Goodier, A. J. Powell Bristow, Raymond Buckingham, David Williams, Paul Dobson, Glen Fontane, Andrew Cole, Desmond D'Arcy, Hayes Nicholas, Patricia Hartley, Barbara Whiting, Deidre de Peyer, Eileen Sands, Margaret Miles, Louie Ramsey, June Charlier, Dorothy Laroque, Patricia Hall, Rosalie Whitman, Betta St. John, Neville Crabbe, Gerald Metcalfe, Stanley Howlett, Victor Harman.

Event (note)

Production opened at the Drury Lane Theatre, London, England, Nov. 1, 1951, and ran until Sep. 26, 1953.

Call Number

NCOV 2345

OCLC

NYPG00-F404

Title

South Pacific [videorecording] / Presented by Williamson Music Ltd., as originally produced by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II in association with Leland Hayward and Joshua Logan ; production reproduced by Jerome White ; music by Richard Rodgers ; lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein ; book by Oscar Hammerstein and Joshua Logan ; adapted from James A. Michener's novel Tales of the South Pacific ; staged by Joshua Logan ; [direction recreated by] Jack Miller ; [film produced by] Stanley Schofield.

Imprint

London, [between 1951 and 1953]

Access

Permission required.

Credits

Scenery and lighting by Jo Mielziner ; musical director, Reginald Burston ; stage manager, Jack Waters.

Cast

Mary Martin, Wilbur Evans, Muriel Smith, Evelyn Dove, Archie Savage, Patricia Lowe, Maxine Aslanoff, Leon Garcia, Stanley Blackman, Michael Mellinger, Bill Nagy, Fredo Wayne, Wally Peterson, Peter Grant, John McLaren, John Harvey, Larry Hagman, Ivor Emanuel, Henry Goodier, A. J. Powell Bristow, Raymond Buckingham, David Williams, Paul Dobson, Glen Fontane, Andrew Cole, Desmond D'Arcy, Hayes Nicholas, Patricia Hartley, Barbara Whiting, Deidre de Peyer, Eileen Sands, Margaret Miles, Louie Ramsey, June Charlier, Dorothy Laroque, Patricia Hall, Rosalie Whitman, Betta St. John, Neville Crabbe, Gerald Metcalfe, Stanley Howlett, Victor Harman.

Event

Production opened at the Drury Lane Theatre, London, England, Nov. 1, 1951, and ran until Sep. 26, 1953.

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Added Author

Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979. South Pacific.

Hammerstein, Oscar, II, 1895-1960, librettist.

Hammerstein, Oscar, II, 1895-1960, lyricist.

Hayward, Leland, 1902-1971, producer.

Logan, Joshua, librettist.

Logan, Joshua, director.

Michener, James A. (James Albert), 1907-1997.

White, Jerome, producer.

Miller, Jack, director.

Schofield, Stanley.

Mielziner, Jo, 1901-1976, set designer.

Mielziner, Jo, 1901-1976, lighting designer.

Burston, Reginald, conductor.

Waters, Jack, stage manager.

Martin, Mary, 1913-1990, performer.

Evans, Wilbur, 1908-1987, performer.

Smith, Muriel, 1923-1985, performer.

Dove, Evelyn, performer.

Savage, Archie, performer.

Lowe, Patricia Tracy, performer.

Aslanoff, Maxine, performer.

Garcia, Leon, performer.

Blackman, Stanley, performer.

Mellinger, Michael, performer.

Nagy, Bill, performer.

Wayne, Fredo, performer.

Peterson, Wally, performer.

Grant, Peter, performer.

McLaren, John, performer.

Harvey, John, performer.

Hagman, Larry, performer.

Emanuel, Ivor, performer.

Goodier, Henry, performer.

Bristow, A. J. Powell, performer.

Buckingham, Raymond, performer.

Williams, David, performer.

Dobson, Paul, performer.

Fontane, Glen, performer.

Cole, Andrew, performer.

D'Arcy, Desmond, performer.

Nicholas, Hayes, performer.

Hartley, Patricia, performer.

Whiting, Barbara, performer.

De Peyer, Deidre, performer.

Sands, Eileen, performer.

Miles, Margaret, performer.

Ramsey, Louie, performer.

Charlier, June, performer.

Laroque, Dorothy, performer.

Hall, Patricia, performer.

Whitman, Rosalie, performer.

St. John, Betta, 1929- performer.

Crabbe, Neville, performer.

Metcalfe, Gerald, performer.

Howlett, Stanley, performer.

Harman, Victor, performer.

Williamson Music Ltd, producer.

Research Call Number

NCOV 2345

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