Captains Courageous

Casting

MANUEL (tenor/baritone): a Portuguese fisherman

HARVEY CHEYNE (boy alto): a 12-year-old boy

CAPTAIN TROOP (baritone): captain of the “We’re Here”.

DAN (1st tenor): the captain’s son, 16 years old. DOC (bass): cook on the “We’re Here”.

MR. CHEYNE (non-singing): wealthy industrialist, Harvey’s father.

ELIOT (non-singing): Mr. Cheyne’s secretary

SHIP’S ATTENDANT (non-singing)

CREW OF THE “WE’RE HERE”:

LONG JACK: (baritone/bass) morose, religious, menacing.

EVANS: (second tenor) unassuming, insecure

HEMANS: (second tenor) dark, sensitive.

STEPHENS: (bass) intelligent, assertive.

SIMON: (baritone) jocular, the “class clown”.

TOM PLATT: (first tenor) educated, rational.

OLLIE (bass): elderly, wise.

PETERS (second tenor): shifty, ill-mannered.

HARRIS (first tenor): portly, dour.

MURPHY (baritone): short-tempered, brutish.

WALTERS (bass): burly, loyal N.B.:

The ages of the crew may range from 20’s to 60’s. Ollie is the oldest member of the crew. MR. CHEYNE, ELIOT, and SHIP’S ATTENDANT double as crew members.

Orchestral Information

12 Musicians

Conductor/Keyboard 1 (Piano)

Keyboard 2 (Synthesizer, Accordion)

Reed 1 (Clarinet, Flute)

Reed 2 (Oboe, English Horn)

Reed 3 (Bassoon)

Trumpet

French Horn

Violin

Viola

Cello

Bass (Upright)

Credits

CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS

A Musical

Music by FREDERICK FREYER Book & Lyrics by PATRICK COOK

Based on the novel by Rudyard Kipling and the movie by John Lee Mahin, Marc Connelly, and Dale van Every. Captains Courageous was presented at the National Alliance for Musical Theatre’s Festival of New Musicals in 1990 Originally produced in New York City by the Manhattan Theatre Club, February 1999 Originally Produced by Ford’s Theatre, Washington, D.C. 1992 Subsequently produced by Goodspeed Opera House, Michael P. Price, Executive Producer CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS was partially developed at the O’Neill Center during the 1990 National Music Theatre Conference