Scene One
As the curtain opens , we see a saling ship, the "Courser". A ships bell rings three times. STORMALONG, BOSUN FLASK, RATLIN, STUBB and TAYCUL and the CHORUS (the FISHERMEN, FISHWIVES and MERMAIDS wearing costumes indicative of some far port, make their way through the audience bearing crates of cargo. They climb to the stage as they sing

It's a tough, tough life full of toil and strife
We sailing men undergo
And we don't give a toss when the gale is done
How hard the winds did blow
'Cause we're homeward bound to Bletchertown
On the Courser taut and free
And we sail like the devil until were home
Our sweethearts for to see, brave boys, our sweethearts for to see....
 

These are the opening words of C. A Green's brand new pantomime in the British style (but with its roots firmly embedded in Connecticut folk tales)! Expect sea shanty's, romantic wind blown heroes, winsome heroines and piratical baddies.