Book by
Barbara Gloudon
Directed by
Bobby Ghisays
Lyrics by
Gloria Lannaman
Music by
Conroy Cooper
Movement by
Jackie Guy
Set by
Henry Muttoo
Costumes by
Gabrielle Harban
Props by
Emma Crooks
Lighting by
George Carter
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The
Story
Based on the true story of female pirates Anne Bonny and Mary
Read who sailed the seas with the dread Captain John Rackham
also known as Calico Jack.
When Rackham finds himself off the shore of Jamaica,
he drops anchor and goes to meet "the natives". Thus,
he finds himself in contact with a Jamaican con man Seaside
Harry, who is the proprietor of a tavern, the local village
head man, man of magic, who can always be counted on for an
appropriate incantation to suit any occasion ... and he has
several for pirates.
Rackham and his pirate band offer to trade with Seaside
Harry and the villagers, offering them goods taken as plunder
at sea ... imported foods, video sets and luxury items which
the people crave
But Seaside Harry
and his cronies are smarter than Rackham and Company, before
you can say Salt Water, Rackham and the pirates who are lost
in the trading are captured and taken into custody to be tried
by the authorities. Rackham escapes and fom then on, appears
all over the village in the disguse of a rather strange lady
of quality....
Seaside Harry pursues hotly, but with no success. A trial is
staged of thise pirates who are in custody... with Seaside Harry
being both judge and prosecutor. He is aided by a hand-picked
jury with one voice... "Hang dem."
In the midst of the trial, "the lady of quality" who
has been discovered lurking in the court, is revealed to be
Rackham. Before he can be dealt with a hurricane breaks out.
Chaos results.... Rackham, Seaside and others are thrown into
the sea where magic occurs... the earth-things are transformed
into sea creatures in the court of the King of the Sea, he chides
them for the unkind behaviour and the greed they exhibit towards
wach other up there on land.
Rackham who has been transformed appropriately into a crab,
agree s to mend his ways... Anne Bonny the younger pirate, who
had fallen in love with a young sailor on the ship, who turns
out to be the Prince od the Sea .. is assured of happiness ever
after because she was one of the few in the Rackham crew who
showed any signs of love and compassion for others.
The bad folk are made good and reurn to land for a happy ending.
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Cast
of Characters
Capt. John Rackham
Alias Calico Jack ........... Brian Heap /Bobby Ghisays
Mary Read .................... Leonie Forbes/
....................................... Marva Gallimore
Anne Bonny .................. Faith Nelson/Joan Grant
William ......................... Paul Anderson/
...................................... tewart Garwood
Seaside Harry .............. Oliver Samuels
Clarice ......................... OmeldaJames/Deon Silvera
King Of The Sea........... David Ellis/Michael Reid
Pirates, Townspeople, etc.
Locksley Baker, Andrew Clarke,William Duffus, Jacquline
Hall, Lesaine Heron, Franchot Henry, Patrick Johnson,
Loris (Billy) Lawrence, Garfield Myrie, Maria Myrie,
Wayne McLeod, Andrea Oliver, Winston Rowe, Halcyone
Samms, Janet Silvera, Andrea Smith, Joyce Tomlinson,
Virginia Waite, Jacqueline Williams |
Musical
Numbers
Act One
Free at Sea
Bad Capt'n Rackham
Anne's Dream
Three Piece Suit
Strange Things At Sea
It 's Not Easy For A Woman
Tavern Song
Higglering
Bendown Plaza
Act Two
Rackham Get Way
How Did I Get to This
No Regrets
Try dem, Hang dem
Under the Sea
Storm Done
Pirate Princess
Orchestra
Conroy Cooper- Keyboards
Beryl Johnson - Keyboards
Leo Cripps - Trumpet
Wilmot Dawes - Trumpet
Carl Davis - Guitar
Ivor Crandon - Guitar
Vincent Hawthorne - Saxophone
Glenroy Plummer - Drums
Patrick Lewis - Percussions
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