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Hit the Deck

Full-Length Musical, Drama  /  6w, 12m

Stephen Jones, Paul Lannin, Hubert Osborn, Herbert Fields, Leo Robin, Clifford Grey, Vincent Youmans

Loulou is the owner of a Newport coffee house. She falls in love with Bilge, one of the many sailors who patronise her eatery whenever they're in port.

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    6w, 12m
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Appropriate for all audiences

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Summary
But Bilge is reluctant to consider marriage. So Loulou takes a small fortune she has come into and follows him all the way to China. When she finally seems to have won her point, Bilge discovers she is wealthy. Bilge is unwilling to marry but Loulou wins this round by agreeing to sign away her money to their first child.
History
Belasco Theatre, New York - 25 April, 1927 (352 perfs) 
London Hippodrome - 3rd November, 1927

Cast in order of appearance:

Dinty - a sailor

Donkey -a Sailor

Dan - a Sailor

Battling Smith - a sailor

Sergeant of Marines

Magnolia - a servant

Looloo Martin - owner of Sailors' Coffee House

Charlotte Payne

Flag-Lieutenant Alan Clark

Pamela Carr

Bill Smith - a sailor in HM Navy

Mat Barlow - a sailor in HM Navy

Bunny Whalen - a sailor in HM Navy

Captain Roberts

Quartermaster

Singing Girl - Chinese

Wing Fang - A Mandarin

Servant - Chinese (Chinese speaking) 

Waiter - chinese

Rita

Various Chorus parts

  • Time Period 1920s
  • Cautions
    • No Special Cautions

Music

  • Vocal DemandsModerate
  • Orchestra Size Large

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15 Vocal scores
1 Piano-Conductor
1 Leader Violin
1 Flute
1 Oboe
2 Clarinets
2 Trumpets
1 Trombone
1 Drums
1 Leader Violin
1 Violin 1
1 Violin 2
1 Viola
1 Cello
1 Bass

15 Vocal scores
1 Piano-Conductor
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Authors

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Stephen Jones

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Paul Lannin

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Hubert Osborn

Herbert Fields

Herbert Fields

Herbert Fields (1897-1958) was a celebrated librettist and screenwriter. The brother and sister team of Herbert and Dorothy Fields was part of a vibrant New York theatrical family that also included their brother, Joseph, a prolific librettist and playwright, and their father ...

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Leo Robin

Leo Robin

Leo Robin, an American lyricist and a major contributor to ‘The Great American Songbook’ of popular songs, was respected by his Hollywood colleagues for his modesty and lack of egocentricity even at the height of his fame. Robin was born in Pittsburgh, PA and attended the Uni ...

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Clifford Grey

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Vincent Youmans

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