p. 8: Curtain rises on Men.
Rich, Bill A., and Bernie are downstage center, on hands and knees, scrubbing deck with holystones.
Dexter, Izzy, and Jim are stage left, moving cannons from upstage to downstage, and affixing them; they're kneeling around cannons.Martin, John, and Bill L. are upstage center, swabbing decks with mops.
Guy is far leftstage, bring coils of rope downstage left.
Larry is carrying barrel across stage, left to right.
David Root is walking across stage from right to left.
David Shimchick is right/center stage, in capacity of overseer; he is looking up into the sails, giving orders to [imaginary] topmen.p. 8 bottom: As basses start singing "We sail the ocean blue," BASSES LOOK UP AND OUT TO AUDIENCE. Tenors continue to work, but now in slow motion.
p. 9: All sing out on: "When the balls whistle free", and Bernie, Bill A., and Rich stand up.
p. 9: "Ahoy, ahoy": Tenors stand up. Izzy climbs onto the first boat-platform.
p. 10: "We stand to our guns to our guns": Martin and John come downstage, on right. David Shimchick comes downstage, on left. Men are now forming a ragged line across stage.
p. 11: AT END OF SINGING ("ocean blue"): Resumption of work-atmosphere:
Tenors (stage left) resume polishing cannons. Izzy stows oars in boat.
Bill A. goes upstage center, noticing Buttercup as he does so, and signalling to Larry (who is downstage right).
Bill is joined quickly by Rich and Bernie, who put holystones into bucket Bill is holding up.
Larry goes up to gangplank (upstage right) and gets Buttercup.
Martin and John move back, towards upstage right.
David Shimchick moves across stage, left to right, and winds up in front of Martin and John.
p. 12: On "Hail, man-o-war's men", MEN LOOK UP, LISTENING, BUT DO NOT TURN TO SEE BUTTERCUP YET.
p.12: AFTER "safeguards of your nation," LOOK UPSTAGE AT BUTTERCUP.
p. 12: After "end of all privation" LOOK TO EACH OTHER ENTHUSIASTICALLY, CELEBRATING.
p.12: After end of recitativ, during music, Buttercup comes downstage diagonally right to left, escorted by Larry. Bill A., Bernie, and Rich move aside to make way for them.
p. 13 top: Bernie and Rich try to grab into basket, Linda waves them off.
p. 13: "excellent jacky" Jim reacts.
p. 13: "I've treacle and toffee": Linda moves to right; men follow her.p. 13: "succulent chops" Martin reaches for chops, Linda slaps his hand. David Shimchick looks disgusted.
p. 14: "excellent peppermint drops" Bill A. tries to reach in; is thwarted by Larry.
p. 14: "The buy of your Buttercup, dear little Buttercup": Dexter goes cheek-to-cheek with Linda.
p.14: "Sailors should never be shy" Linda elbows Dexter hard in the stomach; Dexter falls back.
p. 14: "Come, of your Buttercup buy" Linda raises basket up, men all reach for it. Linda goes off to right side with her money.
p. 15: As dialogue begins, sailors disperse.
p. 15: After Boatswain's "ever thought that", Dick Deadeye enters from over the top boat (upstage left).
p. 15: With Dick's "I've thought it often," EVERYONE WHIRLS TO LOOK AT HIM.
p. 15: With Boatswain's "Don't take no heed," Dick pushes his way forward.
p. 15: At end of dialogue ("I'm resigned"), Dick moves to downstage left, [Tenors get out of his way] and sits on coil of rope, and smokes pipe.
p. 15: Shimchick moves to center stage.
p. 16: After "Remorse, remorse," all look to offstage right (where David Root is)
p. 15: During introductory music, all men take a step to the right, toward Ralph, inquisitive as to what is going on.
p. 15: "And told his tale" Bill A. puts hands on Bernie's and Rich's shoulders.
p. 18: Ralph has moved to downstage left. All men are paying attention; Martin and John (on far right) come around and slightly further downstage toward left.
p. 19: Introductory music: Ralph turns around to men, drawing us all in. Men on right move closer to left, toward Ralph.
p. 19: "A maiden fair to see" Guy and Bill A. kneel.
p. 20: When Ralph crosses in front of Bill A., Bill gets up; Guy continues kneeling.
p. 21: At end of song ("lonely suitor"), Men turn to each other, commiserating sadly.
p. 22: Dialogue
With their lines ("No, No", "Shame Shame," "Aye, Aye") Men should be wildly enthusiastic, regardless of whose side they are supporting.
With Ralph's "honest sailor shudder," men shudder BRIEFLY; meanwhile, Boatswain goes through the line to upstage center.
Boatswain gives final lines of dialogue ("My lads.."), as men look upstage at him.
MEN SEE CAPTAIN, Look up at him.
p. 22: With beginning of introductory music, MEN RUSH TO POSITIONS.
Jim, Bill A., and Guy run under the poop deck. All other men move upstage also. Ralph and Carpenter are in center.
p. 22: "My gallant crew, good morning" MEN ARE STILL LOOKING AT CAPTAIN.
p. 22: IMMEDIATELY AFTER Captain finishes "morning" , MEN TURN and sing "Sir.."
MEN SALUTE on "Good" Hands come down immediately after "morning."
p. 23: "And you sir?" MEN TILT HEADS AND LEAN TO LEFT.
p. 23: Immediately after Captain's "To meet you all once more", Men SNAP BACK TO ATTENTION and sing "You do us proud sir."
p. 23: On introductory music, men collapse formation into single line. Men assume PARADE REST. Captain comes downstage through the center of the line.
p. 24 "And a right good captain too!" MEN ARE RESPONDING TO CAPTAIN.
p. 24: "We're very very good" MEN ARE SINGING OUT.
p. 26: First "What, never?" Men lean right.
Second "What never?" Men break formation and lean/step to right towards Captain.
p. 26: On Captain's "hardly ever!" Men jump back into formation and sing "He's hardly.."
p. 26: First verse of "Then give three cheers", Men are in line; Captain goes down line R-L, inspecting them.
p. 26-27: [MUSICAL NOTE] First "Then give three cheers" is PIANO! Second "Then give three cheers" is FORTE.
pp. 26-27: During music between first and second verses, MEN GO BACK TO ORIGINAL OPENING POSITIONS, AND PICK UP PROPS (Bill A.'s bucket, tenors' polishing rags, etc.), BUT DO NOT RESUME WORK.
p. 27: On final fermata "For", RAISE PROPS IN AIR, OR (if you have no prop), SALUTE.
p. 27: On closing music, men go to the side of the stage from which you will enter on "Sir Joseph's Barge is Seen."
p. 57: Men are in a curved line, having followed the principals' dialogue. Order, from left to right: Bill A., John, Bill L., Martin, Guy, Dexter, Rich, Bernie, Izzy. Principals are in front.
p. 57: With beginning of introductory music, ALL MOVE TO STAGE LEFT, ONTO THE BOAT PLATFORMS. Men ASSUME JURY POSITION, in two lines. Carpenter, Ralph, and Boatswain are in front of "jury box".
pp. 57-58: Jurymen are listening to trio, getting the words right.
pp. 57-58: During second verse, trio is grabbing/passing the manuscript amongst each other.
p. 58: Second verse trio: Immediately after "tang of a tyrant tongue," TRIO starts moving back to center stage. JURYMEN STAY PUT.
p. 59: Second verse chorus: As soon as jurymen start singing, JURYMEN MOVE TO CENTER STAGE.
p. 60-61: As soon as singing ends. GO OFFSTAGE TO RIGHT.