"Blow Me Down" A Piratical Absurdity in Two Acts

A whimsical musical about pirates. Cast of Characters (in order of appearance) Jake Smithers (baritone) Ben Barnacle (tenor) Portugee Pete (baritone) Slim Bailey (baritone) Captain Jermiah Kidd (bass) Robert Trent (tenor) "Dutch" Schneider (baritone) Miss Patricia Pettigrew (soprano Nancy Todd (soprano) Judy Jennings (mezzo soprano) Mrs. Mehitable Todd (alto) The Story The scene is the deck of the pirate ship Black Death. The Captain, having recently captured a boatload of students on tour, has pressed them and their instructors into service to replace those of his crew who deserted with the captured ship and later appoints Bob Trent, the Director of the student tour to the position of first mate, much to the disapproval of the pirated, Pete and Jake. The Captain and his men bemoan the fact that piracy is no longer the flourishing business it was in the days of Captain Kidd. A chance remark spins the wheel of fortune and determines the Captain's choice of a new piratical venture . . . a cabaret operated on board ship.