The highly successful musical play South Pacific by Rodgers and Hammerstein, which opened on Broadway on April 7, 1949, was based on the stories in Tales of the South Pacific. In particular, the stories used were Fo' Dollah, about Bloody Mary, Liat, and Lieutenant Cable; and Our Heroine, about Nellie Forbush and Emile de Becque.
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Michener provides insight into his discovery of the locations he would later write about including Espiritu Santo and Bali Ha'i from Tales of the South Pacific.