Pieces of Eight (1985 musical) (original) (raw)

Pieces of Eight is a musical with a book by Michael Stewart and Mark Bramble, lyrics by Susan Birkenhead, and music by Jule Styne. It is based on the classic 1883 novel Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson. The central characters are Jim Hawkins, a young man in possession of a treasure map, and the mutinous pirate Long John Silver, who serves as a mentor and father-figure to the boy. According to theatre critic/historian Ken Mandelbaum, Pieces of Eight never got beyond its Edmonton production.