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  • Cast of Characters
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  • Synopsis of Scenes
  • Act One
  • Act Two
PROMPT BOOK & VOCAL PARTS Presented by the Royal Shakespeare Company THE WIZARD OF Of by L. Frank Baum With Music and Ly MGM motion picture score by Harold Arlen and B.Y. Harburg Background Music by Herbert Stothart Book Adaptation by John Kane the motion picture screen ook © 1987 Tamer Eietalnmen ‘TAMS-WITMARK MUSIC LIBRARY, INC S560 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10022 (21 82525, The Wizard of Oz By L, Frank Baum ‘igh Music and Lyrics ofthe MGM motion pcre score by Haro Arlen and. Haar. Tackground Musi by Hevber Stthart lpttion by John Kane roan che mation pet Ont Had Bain ‘The Mery Old Land Of Fitring 11 Only Had A Heart If Only ad The Ner Fights nino FM Cota Paste Were Of Ty See Wi ‘Right on winery EM fe Catal ie A ies srvd ncaa pyegh euted imi Vos Rafe eng Patel Cast of Characters Dorothy Gale Aunt Em (Emily Gale) (Glinds the Good Witch ofthe North) Uncle Henry (Henzy Gale). (Emerald City Guard) Zeke (taemhand), (Cowardly Lice Hickory (famhand), (inman) Hunk (farmhand) (Scarecrow) Miss Almira Gulch (The Wicked Witch of the West) Professor Chester Marvel (the Wiesed of Oz) Munchkins Citizens of Munchkinland (Choris) Mayor Fiddler Coroner Braggart Barrister 2Schoo! Teachers 3 Gity Fathers 3Tols 3 Tough Guys (West Witch) Three Crows (men) Three Trees (gils) (ion) Poppies & Snowmen (Chorus) Ozians (Chorus) Polishers Manicuriss 20eMen 202 Women (The Wizard of 2) ‘Winkes (Male Chorus) Winkie General [Nikko (Commander ofthe Monkeys) iterbug (Lead Dancer) Jtterbugs &e Ghosts (Chorus) Musical Numbers ACTONE 1 Opening (Orchestra wth Gis Chora), 7 2 Thuble n School — Dorthy= Entrance (Orie) 7 3 More Trouble —Seune Change (Orcs, 7 4 “Over the Rinbow ‘Dery 7 Inldentl — Scene Change (rcest 8 TheCycione {Orcs 21 9 Mundikinland — indent (Orchestra ith Gis Chora) 28 10 LAmNotA Witch — Indien {Orchet). 24 Munchkin Musical Sequence & "Ding Dong! The With is Dead” {Cina Dorothy and Munch 12 Incidental — Witch Appear. (Onhest 20 1% Incidental Slippers. (Oreste 3 13 Leaving Munehkinland —Undersore (Orsi 2 15 Scarecrow Fall (Ones), 35 17 “Were Off to Sethe Winand” — Duet (Doty ond Serco 8 18 Apple Throwing (One) nl 19 Tinman Tees — "11 Only Hada Heart” (Tiron, Dat and Tes) au 20 With On Root (Onhste) 46 21 “We're Off Sethe Wiand” — To, {Deetiy, Tm a Sexe) a 22 Lion, Tigers and Bsr. ic ad See 23a. “Were Offn Sethe Wand” — Quartet... (Doty, Two, Snow nd Li. 24 Poppies. (Ginda, Doth, Ta, Sonecow io and Chor) -o52 ACTTWO {ist Eneacte—partone (Ones) 2 Enea — pst vo fe “Opti Vales nn (Osh it irs Chor) 2 Guard race (Ores) 28 “TheMerry Old Land of 02 Dorothy, Tnman, Seco Li, Guard and Oxo). 29. Reprise: The Merry Old Land of Or...(Dooy, Tima, erect, Lot Guar aC), 298 Guana Ext (Ores 30 “11 Were King of the Forest” nnn with Dorothy, Taman a Sore. $308 Guard Entra {Oreste} 0b Guaed Ext (Orsi 31 Atthe Great Door to the Wiss Chamber. (Oreste 31a MagleSmoke Chon (Orie) 22 Lion's Running Est (Oris 38 Guan Entrance (Ones SM March ofthe Winkie. (ne Ma Winkie Ex (Wnt. Mb Monkeys Ext (Ones 35 TheHHaunted Fore (Orie) 36° “ivesbug”| {Dorothy Tina, Sara Lowa 57 Reprise jerbug neous) 38 The Witch's Catle— Scene Change (Ones) 39 Incidental —Toto's Escape, (Oreste) 40° Incidental — Hour Gl {Orie 400 Reprise: Winkie March (ink). 41 Winkes March wih Friends & Reps: Over the Rainbow (Carat, Timon, Scare Le and Wik 42 Incidental — Witch Reems. (Ones, 42a Witcmelt (Ones) 43 Reprise: Ding Dong The Wich Is Dead (ive 44 Magic Smoke Chords [optional amber (Ones 45 Graduation Bxerise—Searecow (Oris 459 Graduation Ferre —Lion (One 485 Geadvation Bxeiee —Thnman (Orie 45 Incidental — March (Oeste) 454 Balloon Descent, (Oreste 46 Ballon Ascension No.1 (Ons) 464 Incidental — Scene Change (Ordest 464 Ballon Ascension No2 (Orieare) 447 Incidental — Scene Change (Onesie 48 Incidental — Underscre (Ordesir) 50 Bows and Payout Mac (Ores ACTONE Scene | Scene 2: Soune 3: Seone Soene Seene 9: Seene 10 Scene I: Scene 12: ACT TWO Seene Seene 2: Seene 3 Scene Scene: Scene 10 Seene i: Seene 12 Seene 13 Seene 14 Synopsis of Scenes The Kansas Praitie The Rainbow Kansas ‘Gypey Caravan The Twister Munchkinland The Wicked Witch Scarecrow — The Cornice {Crows in Comnfcld ‘Tinman with Apple Trees in Front of His Cottage ‘Want To Play Ball? The Lion — Wild Fores! Poppies Outside the Gates ofthe Emer The Towa Square, Emerald City The Wizard's Chamber “The Gates ofthe Emerald City (Butterly Net) “The Witch's Cate (Winkies) The Haunted Fores Flying Monkeys “The Witch’s Castle Main Gate of the Witch's Castle (Stripping the Winkies) The Witch's Chamber (The Rescue) The Wizard's Chamber (Humbug) Balloon Farewell to Oz ‘The Kansas Prairie (Home!) ACT ONE — SCENE 1 The Kansas prairie. No.1 Opening sep 09 {Ores with Gis Chora The ction sensing a sal di rad amie te wie pen ces Ofte Kana pari Ane of gop oes sich inl ify. The oy 6 tha. Someoher off sages ol ng ara which ithe exe or DOROTHY Gat, ‘al gl nach trait Osage No.2 Trouble In School Seep 99 Dorothy's Entrance (Orestes) Doworit tp stage center and ple a hand ther cet DoxorH. Oh Jeepers! My heart's thumping so lou I cat hardly breathe (Sets around) Tot. Toto (Sess THE DOG of tage nd roche dn Becoming toi) No need tobe seared anymore. She aint followie’ us, Iworvt let her touch you ‘nohow. Toto! Toto! Suddenly the te MU? scampersn stag eps into DOROTHY’ rs DokoTHY. There you go. Did she hurt you? She tried to, didn't she? Oh, Toto (Donor igs i her and lnk bck in th directions came from) She must be the meanest old woman that ever was. (Dory hl in np and ols na his fe) Let's go tell Uncle Henry and Auntie Em. They take care of her. Dosorty pus Toro dow and continues along the ond DoRoTHy. Come on, Toto. No.3 More Trouble sp. s9 Scene Change (Ores) ‘As DOROTY rans the lage rele adc sid otras enter one eotzning a portion of whe ik oc and ating at fot of hich Sa smal agra rae on el The ter hues hice cabo The sol of etd hc ile ge AUNT Ext and UNCLE HENRY ae trang he hick fromthe incuatr fa ox wilh ake dep nie i DOROTHY. Aunt Em! Aunt Em (Tie TWO ADvLrs goon working) Aunt Em! AUNT EM. Fifty-seven, fifty-eight WIR Prompt Book 8 ‘Ove Scone DOROTHY. Just listen to what Miss Gulch did to Toto! She — AUNT EM, Dorothy, please! We're trying to count! Fifty-eight — Dororiy. Oh, but Aunt Em, she hit him — UNCLE Henry. Don't bother us now honey. You se, this ol and we're likely to lose a lot of our chicks. incubator’s gone bad Doxomty. Oh,—oh, the poor litle things. (DOROTHY reaches into the box and its out « Chicken which ie srofes during the next peck) Oh, but Aunt Em, Miss Gulch hit Toto right over the back with a rake just because she says he gets In her garden and cdhases her nasty old cat every day. AUNT EM. Seventy. Dorothy, pleas rom eran replaces in he Boe) (asus BM ses the chick Doort's aatkes it DOROTHY. Buthe doesn’t do it every day —just once or twice a week. And he can't catch her old cat, anyway, And now she says she's going to get the — AUNT EM, Dorothy! We'te busy! (Aus EM places the fina hice inher outstretched apr tn rte offstage) Doromiy. Uncle Henry. Can't you do something? ‘UNCLE HENRY. I'm doing something right now honey, so just keep out of our hair. (UNCLE TieNny i ip the box and eile is wife. The nos of he hicks fades and is replac hy a quatking ie) Doromy. Oh— allright. DOROTHY Sur ose the te fermhandsZaxe (LION), HICKORY (TINMAN), dnd HUNK (SCARECROW) entering shoving a small ago with tre wheels. tonlains varios ems ofr equipment eluding Be remains ofa scare. anc propels the fourth wheel along the round HICKORY, Who was the genius suggested we move the wagon before the ‘wheel was on? HUNK, Itain’t so heavy with one less. That makes sense, don't it? HICKORY, Sense or no sense, When Ilift up the axle you two shove her on, Dorothy costes othe FARMIIANDS as HICKORY aks hol of edge ofthe gon and i. ZEKE ignores HICKORY'S action tuoi the whe! wit frown At O00 — Some 9 DOROTHY. Zeke, Hickory... know what Miss Gulch did to Toto? Zeke, Iswear they made this new wheel smaller than the other three DOROTHY, She tied to kil him, HicKoRY. Bigger or smaller, get it on here ‘fore my arms are pulled clean out thei sockets. ain’ta statue, you Know. ain't made of iron ZEKE. Okay, okay. LUN tes th ase a ZEKE ifs he wheel nto place Dorority. Why won't anyone listen — don't you care about Toto? Sent HUN spine my fein ished vigorously. HUNK. Ow! You got my finger! axe and HICKORY suckle while HUNK moves wey sucking h Deroty, clutching TOTO, roses to HUNK. HICKORY and ZEKE get the hel in place and Hammer on he ing ing, DOROTHY. What am I going to do about Miss Gulch, Hunk? Just because Toto chases her old cat HUNK. Now look it, Dorothy, you ain’t using your head about Miss Gulch. ‘Ain't you got no brains? Doxoriy, Sure [have brains! HUNK. Well, why don’t you use them? When you come hoine, ‘don’t go by Miss Gules place — then Toto won't get inher garden and you won't get in no trouble. See? UNCLE HENRY meenters withthe empty box whic he lms agus he side of the incubator. UNCLE HENRY. Quitjust standing there and clear that junk outta the wagon, We got a parcel of lumber to haul from town before the weather turns. Huwe. Will do, Mr. Gale Honk terms back to the wagon ore fe joins HICKORY ary string the comp ZEKE eroses 0 Doty ping the ale gene fom hs hands, 10 Act One DonorHy. Zeke, what am I going to do? ‘zeke, Well for a start, Kid, don’tlet that old Gulch heifer try and butfalo you Sho ain’tnothing to be afraid of. You got to stand up to her, that’s al ‘with a litle courage, alittle grit. behind Dorothy, HICKORY has incarthed a age metal funnel and HUNK, Fels tne sued seer. The sorcro head i sal stuf canoes bag tad wea ce wring a garish se pal rose pee sports the age of ancentgerment DoroTHy. I'm not afraid of her ‘Zexs, ‘That's what I wanted to hear. Walk with your head up, your chest out ana the next time she squawks, you just stroll ight up to her and Spit in her eye. That’s what I'd do. Dorority. Would you really? Unseen behind DOROTHY and ZEKE, HUNK and HICKORY approach on Kos Zeke, Sure I would, Through this life you gotta walk tall, shoot straight and then you got no reason to be scared of nothing and nobody. icKORY rr tough the tel fie on onesie of ZS ad Teh ue sadly rode te ice fh sere at eye elon ator With ascream offeror, ZEKE lps ny, clitching hs ear Dorotiy. Oh! Zekel Are you alright? atcKon end HUNK clap with nah ext. What you trying to do? Kill guy? DoxoTHy, (To HcKoRY a HUN) How ean you be so cruel? HucKony. If'just ab, Dorothy. Donon, Can't you see how white he is? You really scared him. exe. Who was seared? Hone. You were scared, If you was a jack rabbit you'd bein the next county by now. Juste took asf quaral is about break out, [AUNT Em enters wit plate of evi. het One —Sene n AUNT EM. Here, here, what's allthis abber-wapping when there's work to be done? know three shiftless farm hands that'll be out of a job before they know i! HICKORY. Well, we was just having a litle fun, Mes, Gale, AUNT Ext. A farm's no place for fun. You want fun, go join a circus. Hickory. Might just do that, (lesa his muscles) Be a Strong Man, see the world, AUNT EM, Well, don’t start posing for itnow. Here, here. (Golds ut te plate) Can’ work on an empty stomach. Have some cookies, HUNK. Gosh, Mrs. Gale ‘AUNT EM. Just baked Hickory, Thanks. HUNK. Swell. (Sits dn on the wagon.) AUNT EM. You don’t have to sit down to eat them. (HUNK ges iit pen) Get the wagon hitched up and Zeke you go feed those hogs before they worry themselves into anemia exe. Yes, Ma'am. Ks gos off one direction, while HUNK and HICKORY wl the wagon of the way came AUNT EM stark to ext, DOROTHY strife her Donoriy. Auntie Em, really — do you know what Miss Gulch said she was going to do to Toto? She said she was going to — AUNT EM. Dorothy, dear, stop imagining things. You always get yourself into a fret over nothing Doxority, Well— AUNT EM. Now, you just help us out today and find yourselé 2 place where you won't get into any trouble. AUNT EM exits leaving DOROTHY and TOTO alone onthe Donotiy. Some place where there isn’t any trouble. 2 ACT ONE — SCENE 2 ‘The rainbow. DRY ers oth farm ak by he pice fence and zs ints the distance. DorotHy. Iswonder if there is such a place, Toto? There must be. (DoRoTHY places TOTO vo the set of he ake. Muscin) Nota place you can get to by a boat or a tain, Is far, far away-behind the moon — beyond the rain — (sings) No.4 “Over The Rainbow” Seep. 100 (Dorothy) Doxory. When all the world is a hopeless jumble, ‘And the raindrops tumble all around, Heaven opens a magic lane \When all the clouds darken up the skywey, “There's a rainbow highway to be found. Leading from your window pane, Toa place behind tho sun, Justa step beyond the rain, ‘Somewhere, over the rainbow, way up high, ‘There's a land that | heard of once ina lullaby. Somewhere, over the rainbow, skies are blue [And the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true ‘Someday, II wish upon a star and wake up where The clouds are far behind me. ‘Where troubles melt like lemon drops, [Away above the chimney tops, That's where you'l find me, ‘Somewhere, aver the rainbow, bluebirds fly, Birds fly over the rainbow Why then-Oh, why can’ I? It happy Ite bluebirds fly beyond the rainbow Why, of, why cant I? ‘Al the conclusion ofthe song, DOROTHY lifts Too ‘from the ake set, hs hi exits oloaly. No.5 Miss Gulch seep. 102 Scene Change “The musi takes on a inser note asthe stage revo. ACT ONE — SCENE 3 Kansas, ‘Mss GULCH astride er trusty byl laters om tage Sut ices he stage poring ut info the ance intently Lakin for culits. ‘SHE sucdely spots UNCLE HENRY of lage ad sreeces that. Miss [Link]. Henry, Gale. Is that you skutking by the barn? ‘UNCLE HENRy enter [UNCLE HENRY. Tnever skulled in my life Miss Gulch, And I ain't about to start now. (MISS GULCH dsmovnts and ams her bicyle apes he pice foce UNCLE HENRY holds open the gate for her SHE pases rough Miss GULCH. I wantto see you and your wife right awa about Dorathy. UNCLE HENRY. Dorothy? Why, what has Dorothy done? Miss GutCH. What's she done? I'm all but lame from the bite on my leg! UNCLE Henny. You mean she bit you? Miss GULCH. No, her dog! UNCLE HENRY. Oh, she biter dog, eh? rt 7T EM. (Entering) Afternoon Miss Gulch. Ijust made a fresh batch of cookies if you've a mind to sit awhile. (Miss GULCH. I'm afraid Thave no appetite Mrs. Gale, Indeed I'm so shaken by the ferocious attack of your niece's vicious dog, I may never eat again. UNCLE HENRY. Ifyou don’t eat, you'l waste away. And I'd hate to see you dwindle Miss GULCH gioes UNCLE HENRY «Boy lok we AUNT EM call off ‘Aunt Eat. Dorothy could you bring Toto out here a minute? (Turns back to Miss GULCH) I'm sure if Dorothy's upset you in any way she'll be only too glad to apologize as best she can Miss GULCH. It’s gone beyond apologizes, Mes. Gale. Thave aid an official complaint with the County Sherif. 4 Act One— Sere UNCLE HENRY. Was he sober? iss GuLci gives UNCLE HENRY another ook {2s DOROTHY enters carrying TOTO. ‘AUNT EM, Dorothy, Miss Gulch here seems very upset ‘Miss GULCH. That dog's a menace to the community. DOROTHY. That's not true. Miss GULCH, As an act of public service, young woman, i'm taking that dog to the Sheriff and make sure he's destroyed. ‘DoRoTHY. Destroyed? Toto? Oh, you can't! You mustn't! Uncle Henry! Auntie Em! ‘You wont et her, will you? UNCLE HENRY. Of course, we won't. Will we Bmx? AUNT EM ses nothing. DOROTHY. Oh, please, Aunt Em! Toto didn’t mean to. He didn’t know he was doing anything wrong, 'm the one that ought to be punished. You can send me to bed without supper — ‘AuNT Ext, You hear how sorry the child is ‘Surely f she promises to give your place a wide berth Miss GULCH. If you don't hand the dog over now, Il bring a damage suit that I take your whole farm! Theresa law protecting folks against dogs that bite! Aunt EM. How would it be if she keeps him tied up? He's really gentle — with gentle folk that is, Miss GULCH. Well, that's for the Sheriff to decide. (Prouces a document ‘nich oe hand to UNCLE HENRY) Here's his order allowing me to take him. ‘Unless you want to go against the law. [UNCLE Hervey studi the dociment. ‘UNcLE HENRY. Uh yes ‘Aunt Ex, What's it say, Henry? UNCLE HENRY, Just what she says. You gotta hand him over, Dorothy Act One— Seed 15 DoRoTHY. No, Twon’t let you take him. ‘xs, etraced by DOROTHY res, enters crying the hg pai AUNT EM. Wecan't go against the law, Dorothy. I'm afraid poor Toto will have to go. Miss GULCH. Now you're seeing reason, Dorothy. Ne! Deorsy hugs TOTO to her, HUNK and HICKORY enter HUNK caries a bridle, Miss GULCH turn and remove a ast rom her bicycle what Fm taking him in, so he can’tattack me again DDoRoTtty bucks ny teds HUNK and HICKORY. DoxoTHY. No, no, nolL won't let you take him! You go away! Ooh, I'l bite you myself AUNT EM. Dorothy! DorotHy. Oh, you wicked old witch! Uncle Henry, Auntie Em, don’t let em take Toto! Don't let her take him — please! Donomiy clutches Tore ta her, urs andr MIss GULCH, Stop he Huckony steps in fmt of DOROTE nd thes her gently. HICKORY. Ite no use running, Dorothy. DoxomHy. Hickory, I thought you were my friend. HUNK. Heis your friend, We all are. ‘ZeKE. You can’t fight the law, honey. Some things are higger than al of us UNCLE Henny. Let me have him, Dorothy. Doxomiy. Oh please, please UNCLE HENRY gently fais TOTO frm her, HICKORY tri o comfort her but DOROTHY bres ey frm hn sobbing angry AUNT EM, Puthim in the basket, Henry 16 At One — See} Miss GULCH. That’s more like it ‘Unis Henny puts TOTO in the Bask DOROTHY lars fran DoRority. Don’t, Uncle Fienry. Mrss GULCH. That's more like it AUNT EM elles DOROTHY a olds er ack. Dokorsy. Oh, Toto! "DOROTHY turns and sobs in AUNT E'S arms AUNT EM. Almira Gulch, just because you own half the county doesn’t mean you have the power to run the rest of us! For twenty-three years Ive been dying tel you what I thought of you! And now... Well, being a Chistian woman, Ian’ say i! UNCLE HENRY. Well [Link] ifyou don't want to hear it, you better pedal your ‘carcass offa my land ‘Miss GULCH. 1 don't take kindly to that kind of talk, Henry Gale. (Clinbs aboard her cyte) Just remember, [have friends in high places (Stars fo peal of with dignity) Uncut HENRY. Then why don’t you elimb on your broomstick and go visit “em Miss GULCH lots buck angrily, loses her Balance and wobble of raroaly avon the wings ZEKE ad HUNK hoo with lughir. UNCLE HENRY fur fo tem, UNCLE HENRY. You got the horse hitched to that wagon yet? HUNK. Nearly done, Ms. Gale, UNCLE HENRY. Nearly ain’t good enough. You gitit done right now. Skies getting darker every minute. Goddamn! (Siomps mngrily offstage. AUNT EM. (TeDowori) Come inside, honey. Dorota. I'm not going anywhere with you (Breaks enay angrily) Ifyou realy loved me, you wouldn’¥ve let Toto go. ‘AUNT EM. She had an order from the Sheriff, Dorothy. What did you expect us to do? Wave a wand and make it disappear? DoomHy. Youstil could've tried atleast. (Wii snort of impatience AUNT EM stomps of Dorority cases to HUNK) You stood there like you was stufed or something. Act ne— Samed 7 HUNK. [just couldn't think of anything. I'm... I'm sorry. (HUNK exits) Donor. (o Zaks) One mean old woman and you were scared of her Zaks. Itweren’tmy place to interfere. (Starts text.) DOROTHY. (To Hickory) And you're worse of al You stopped Toto getting away. I just... ust hate you. HICKORY. Oh don't say that, Dorothy, You make me fel terrible inside like me heart was all tore ot, DonorHy. Idon't care. never want to see any of you again, ever, ever, ev Hrcxony eit sadly DonorHy. ‘Toto was the only friend I had in the world. Now I got no-one to talk to no-one to play with. And I'll never see him again as long as I ve. Barking is heard offstage, DoT lak round. Donor. Toto? TOTO seampes onstage. DOROTHY catches him an gs him tr. DoRonHy. Toto, darling! Oh, you came back! You got away fram that horrible woman, you wonderful dog. (Lots anxiously oftag.) But she'll be coming back for yous any minute. We've got to get away! We've got to run avray! ‘We need! food for me and a bone for you and then we've got to get far, far away from here. And we're never, ever comin’ back, DoRoTiY hugs TOTO to er and rans of stg [MISS GULCH shor ealing af stage Miss Gutcit. Here doggie, doggie. (Miss Gutct ens pushing her bcyle) ‘Whereis the dratted animal! Here doggie-doggie (ete) UNCLE Hy enters UNCLE HENRY. asked you to get off my land, Miss Gulch. Miss GuLcH. Idid, bt the dog got away. UNCuE HENRY. He can’thave enjoyed your company much Miss GULCH. Where the little Xindlly bring her out here is that’s where Il find the dog. 18 At One —Some3 UNCLE HENRY. You never give up, do you? (Calls ofstage) Dorothy! Dorothy! AUNT EM enters aking anxious ‘AUNT EM, She ait in the house Henzy and that fresh batch of cookies is missing, My picture from the mantle, that’s gone too. ‘Miss GULCH. Sounds like you've a runaway on your hands. (Mounts he bigee) if she’s on the toad, I'l fn her. And then I'l take that dog back for good. Uncts rv. If you're 0 anxious to have it, you should have looked aftr it bette ‘Miss GULCH. Don't blame me. The catch on the basket’s faulty. (Stars toy ff) “That's the last time I buy anything from a charity bazaar. No.7 Incidental See p10 Scene Change (Oxchesta) Miss Gute exis, UNCLE Hien puts his arm around "AUNT Ean they exit foward the 19 ACT ONE — SCENE 4 Gypsy caravan. The lag eos an the farm trucks lid ofa pointed gypsy carson eames othe roof he tage. The leering on the cmon reds “Profesor Maree aclaimed by the ered heads of Europe Let him rea th is Crystal you Past, Present an Future Also Juang ud Sigh and ‘The PROFESSOR isting onthe steps ofthe wagon toni sausgeom sick cera ile ire. He hus sly to hms and ‘es the sausage with a amo gesture ond examines PROFESSOR. (Diclaiming) If were done, it were best itbe done. (Pause) equally on both sides. The PROFESSOR turns th sausage own and puts bk ove the fre TOTO and DOROTHY ener ith bake coverel witha sal checered clot PROFESSOR. Well, well, well! House guests, huh? Ha ha ha hal DOROTHY approaches shy PROFESSOR. Anil who might you be? No, no, now don’t tell me. (Covers his eyes with his hands) You're... raveling in disguise. No, that’s not right. You're...you're going on a visit. No, Fm wrong. You're. you're ranning away Donor How did you guess? PROFESSOR. Ha hal Professor Marvel never guesses. He knows! Haha! Now, why axe you running away? Doromiy. Why PROFESSOR. No, no, now don't tell me. They —they don’t understand you st home. on't appreciate you. You want to see other lands, big cities, They big mountain and bigoceare. hal DOROTHY. Why, it's just tke you can read what was inside of me is my trade, my calling. See what it says on the side of my conveyance The PROFESSOR gestures with ne an allowing the sick withthe anusege lo droop dangerolynewr TOTO soho suddenly saichesi. Doxorsy. Oh, Toto, that’s not polite! We haven't been asked ye 20 ‘Ast One Seen PROFESSOR. Hahaha. He's perfectly welcome! Fia hal As one dog to another, huh? ia ha hal Here now, les see. Where were we? DOROTHY. Oh please, Professor, why can’t we go with you and see all the ‘Crowned Heads of Europe? PROFESSOR, Do you know any? Oh, you mean the thing... yes. Well, T...Inever do anything without consulting my crystal rst, Hire, sit right down here “The PROFESSOR res and upturn a cle setting it don next the oa steps, DOROTHY sl ad he PROFESSOR ines he basket from he. PROFESSOR. That'sit. The PROFESSOR places he basket oth ground othe far side ofthe steps then ences nto he cara an brings ou asmall urban ed pi PRorESsoR. Ha ha! just make yourself comfortable while I conjure ‘out ofthe air, out of thin air The PROFESEOR reaches ehined DOROTHY’ head an duces asl crystal bal DOROTHY ge this very genuine, magic, authentic crystal used by the priests ofthe Isis anc ‘Galt n the-lays of the Pharaohs of Egypt in which Cleopatra first saw the proach of Julius Caesar and Mare Anthony... and... and 30 on and soon. Now Teer out hold out your hands to help me look into the future. (DOROTHY dos tod the PROPESSOR pi Nov, you w you'd better close your for moment... in ordecto be better i tne with the in inte, (DOROTHY closes her eyes. The PROFESSOR ips la oonoriy's bask!) Wen we can’tdo these things without reaching out into the infinite. (Stubs photogapt in ier frame) Yen that’s. that’s allright (Replaces te pingrap i he bk) Now you can open them (D0RoTHY dees) ‘We'll gaze into the crystal. Ah what's this Lsee? A ouse,.with a picket fence Donor. That's our farm! PROFESSOR. Oh, yes. There's. there's... there's. there's wearing @ a. polka-dot dress. Her face is careworn. nan. She's. he's DoRorHY. That's Aunt Em, Proressor. Yes. Her her name is Emily. Dor 1, That's right. What's she doing? ssg0R, Well, 1 can’t quite see. Why, she's crying, ‘At One —Sexne 2 Dorotiy. Oh. PROFESSOR, Someone has hurt her. Someone has just about broken her heart DOROTHY. Why would anyone do that? PROFESSOR. I don't know but i's. i's someone she loves very much: someone she’s been very kind to: someone she’s taken care of in sickness, DororHy. Thad the measles once .. and she stayed right by me every minute PROFESSOR. Uh-huh. DoRoTHY. But that was when I was very small. She doesn’t care about me at all now. ‘And Tdon’tcare about her PROFESSOR. Oh well that’s... that’s not what the crystal says. DOROTHY. They were going to kill Toto and she did nothing to stop them. PROFESSOR. I don't see any ofthat in the crystal. All Lsee isa woman who does the best she can and misses you something terrible. DoRority, What's she doing now? PROFESSOR. Yes, she's .. what's this? Why, she's. she's putting her hand on her heart! ‘She's... she’s dropping down on the bed! DoRomHY. Oh, you ... you don’t suppose she could really be sick, do you? (Dokomity stnde) Oh! Oh, I've got to go home right away! The singe begins to darken. Tsun ofthe wind rise. PROFESSOR MARVEL remones his urban, PROFESSOR. But, what's this? I thought you were going along with me! Dokotiy. Oh no! No, Lhave to get to her right away. Come on, Totol Come on, ‘come ont (Snatches up her basket) Goodbye, Professor Marvel, and thanks 2 lot! PROFESSOR. Goodbye! Safe Journey! (Laos about and then uns up hice lapel shivering) Better get the horse under cover. There's a storm blowin’ .. a whopper. (Stomp out the ramainsof his litle fire and thon lok up aor he departing DOROTHY) Poorlittle kid. Thope she gets home allright. No.8 The Cyclone Seep. 102 (Oresta) ‘The stage starts to revo ACT ONE — SCENE 5 The twister. ‘The Cyclone music underscores thi entre scene “Tumbiewcds reste stage a the wid Pes oa howl ake cose the stage bed ein the wind. Fe stops and al out “Dorothy” Ashe does so, art of the wooden frame forms Rouse reels om tgs It contains a porch, doo, anda window fame wit hates Thy bangin the wind. Sialtnsvuty the entrance othe storm ear enes from the wings. UNCLE HENRY enters from the opposite econ pushing HUNK i front ohm. UNCLE HENRY. Hurzy up and get them horses loose! Find Hickory! Hickory! Doggone it Hickory! ‘ZaKE. I's a twister! A twister! (Pont ou ron.) Thar she blows! Uncts HENRY. And heading straight for us, HUNK. Last time one of them struck it tore the big bam clean outta the ground and left 'a cow sitting on the telegraph poles, HICKORY. Teut free the horses. UNCLE HENRY. Good man, AUNT EM enter cling desperately. AUNT EM, Dorothy! Dorothy! HickoRy. You ain't found her then. TEM. She's somewhere out inthe storm! Dorothy! Dorothy! HUNK. It's getting awful close, Mr, Gale UNCLE Henny. Come on, everybody in the storm cellar! [UNet HEvRy puts his arm around AUNT EM. Zk hurries sero othe storm dors and ngs hem open, AUNT Em. We can’t leave her out here, Henry. UNCLE HENRY. There's nothing else we can do, Em. ‘Cept pray forall of us! ‘tne Sane 2 ‘The wind ries oa ser The shutters bang loudly. The ADULTS hurry into the storm cellar slamming the dors shut behind them. A moment ltr, DOROTHY ‘nkrs carrying TO ae nde by the dt whipped up bythe win, Doxorny. Auntie Em! Auntie Em! (Staggers blindly tothe sorm llr dors and ries to open them. They lek) ‘Auntie Em! (Stamps onthe doors but the wind downs out he nos, Stil earring TOTO, ‘Donoriy erses 0 dhe frm House, The screen door blows of se approaches.) Auntie Em! Where is everybody? Donorey enters the house, i reales and wv aren a bedroom At she cross fo the window, suddenly sings open and ls her, DOROTHY elutes he free with groan, fale Back upon the bed still holding Toro. The storm res toa crescendo and the stage darkens to backoutasthe house revolves faster, Suddenly a spolight picks out small epic ofthe house ‘eon iss high bow he stage Ligh come up slay onthe bedroom they dit on the pinning howe roetions should get sense of the been moving trough space. DOROTHY sis wp grogily ox the bed shih ike the ‘he frites e room, bins orca hough i hs a fe of sam, DoorHy. What happened? Where am I? (Looks aout her) Why isit all moving? Spotlights pick out arous objets and popes they idly circle the trem, Fret chichen cop wth coupe of chickens siting om tap. Then an nprootd fre ‘and a elegraph ple A cow pases apparently eating ois back HE me lull. DOROTHY. Look, Toto, a flying cow. Everything's fying, A ol lady in rocking chr pases by iting. Sh nes at Donor Doxoriy returns th retng. Doromiy. Even we're fying ‘Two Mun ina rbot ps by and ras thei hats, DOROTHY ries and ran tothe wind, DoRoTHY. We must be inside the twister. Oh, Toto. (Doom hurries forced to the bd wher se pick yp TOTO aed hugs hi for comfort.) Toto, look! (DOROTHY points as MISS GULCH hurls onstage on her biel) It's Miss Gulch. She's after you even up here, (4s DOROTHY wtces, strobe lighting alps he transformation of MISS GULCH int the Wicks Wires OF Tae West.) Miss Guuc, Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha hall [DonOTHY fils Back on the edi a fn. Thur rors and lightning ashes 15 Miss GULCH flies of n her Broomstick. The music sls tw crescendo ‘nd the lights fade Bacout A split picks out the spinning house ean high above the sage. It stars to descend. The music tops ably, the slight 08 ou a inthe Blackout we here loud thump. Then there silent pase {and the muse segues, ACT ONE — SCENE 6 ester spt a these of the stee picks ont He porch dor end entrance tothe frm howe No.9 Munchkinland Seep. 102 Incidental (chests with Gils Chor The dor open sasly end DOROTHY, carrying TOTO, tok ot. She tests Te hated ith her jot. As she mas fora, he gs came up osge, er et the ey eolrul Mancin Civic Center nthe Lan of O oomrsy looks about er — the scene & enchanting. snsas anymore, (Moves center sage) DoxoTHy. Toto —Thave a feeling we're not in Kar Jobe descend from the lis.) "We must be over the rainbow! (A gret shining g Now 1-1 know we're not in Kansas. “The globe reaches soe leel and eoles. Inside it GND, THR WITCH Oe Fite Nomis (AUNT Eo) complete with cron and magic wd GUNDA. Are youta good witch, or bad witch? Donor. Who, me?I—I'm not a witch at al. 'm Dorothy Gale, from Kansas {GuINDA, (Oh! Well is thatthe witeh? Points Toro.) Doxorty. Who, Toto? Toto's my dog, ‘ma little muddled, The Munchkins called me because @ new witch fod Witch of the East and there's the house, Guna, Well ‘has just dropped a house on the Wicks and here you are, and those legs. (Musici) No. 10 Ym Not A Witch See p. 108 Incidental (Orchestra) all that’ left ofthe Wicked Witch ofthe East ‘Aap picks utp of legs wring ray lips and stripe els. ‘Domo gaps in horor GLINDA. (Over muse). 2 GuINDA. And so, what the Munchikins want to know is, fare you a good witch or a bad witch? Act One — Scene 2 Doxomiy. ButI've already told you, I'm nota witch atall, Witches are old and ugh (igh pitched gigi are heord) What was that? GLINDA. The Munchkins. They'te laughing because I'm a witch Tm Glinda, The Witch ofthe North, DoRoTHY. You are Ibey your pardon! But I've never heard of a beautiful witch before. Guia. Only bad witches aze ugly More aughter and reaction fran the unscen MUNCHKINS, GUINDA, The Munchkins are happy because you have freed them from the Wicked Witch ofthe East, DoROTHY. Oh, But— if you please, what are Munchkins? GuINDA. The litte people who lve inthis land, And blue is their favorite color, ‘This is Munchkinland, and you are their national heroine, my dear. Ital right — you may all come out and thank her. No. 11 Munchkin Musical Sequence Seep. 108, and “Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead” (Glinds, Dorey ane Munchka—incuding several ols Mayee, Baeiatr, Coroner, we Tt, Ths Tough Kid Thre hy Fothers Two Sehool Teachers and a Bagge) ‘As GLINDA begins to sng the inhabitant ofthe city te nerously out of hing unt te stages hronged by MUNCHKIN GLINDA. Come out, come out, wherever you are ‘And meet the young lady, who fell from a sta. Sho fll from the sky, she fell very far, ‘And Kansas, she says, ls the name of the sta. Munceians. Kansas, she says, is the name of the star. GuinpA, She brings you good news, Or haven't you heard? When she fll out of Kansas a miracle occurred DOROTHY. (poten in rhythm) Itreally was no miracle, What happen was just this, (amg) The wind began to switch, the house began to pitch, ‘And suddenly the hinges started to unhith. Just then the witch, to salisty an itch, Went fying on her broomstick, thumbing for a hitch. WIR Prompt Book 2% het One — Scenes [A MUNCHKIN BRAGGART ‘And Oh, what happened then was rich. SEVERAL MUNCHKINS. The house began to pith. “The kitchon took a sith. Ianded on the Wicked Witch In the middle ofa eich Which was not a hoalthy sitchuation For the Wicked Witch ALL MUNCHKINS. ‘The house began to pitch. ‘The kitchen took a slitch It landed on the Wicked Witch In the middle ofa atch ‘Which was not a healthy sitchuation For the Wicked Witch, ‘Who began to twitch, ‘And what was reduced to just a stitch (Of what was once the Wicked Witch, Two MUNCHIKINS, sek! teachers, tp forca (OWE of tiem presents «bouquet fo DOROTHY. MUNCHKIN No. 1. (poten in shy) We thank you very sweetly, for doing it so neatly MUNCHKIN NO. 2. (ken yt) You've killed her so completely “That we thank you very sweetly. GLINDA. (5pten over music) Lt the joyous news be spread, The wicked old witch at lasts dead. MUNCHKIN. (Cheering) HOORAH! ALL MUNCHKINS. (amg) Ding Dong! The Witch is dead, ‘Which old witch, the wicked witch. Ding Dong! The Wicked Witch is dead. Wake up, you sleepy head, ub your eyes, get out of bed, Wako up, the Wicked Witch is dead. ‘She's gone where the goblins go, Below, bolow, below, yo ho, Let's open up and sing, ‘And ring the bells out Act One— Senet z WoMEN, — Singithigh. Man. Sing itiow. ALL MuNcHmN, Lt them know the wicked witch is dead. Amidst al this ejicng, an OFFICIAL. DELEGATION fam the cty ‘pushes it ay trough the rua Doncriy. Tre HemAatos {oh trumpets ead he oy followed by the MAYOR, a DARKER luting legal document and threo the CY FATHERS, They approwch DOROTHY wth igiy, A the some te, he MUNCHKIN CORONER crosses othe frm -huse ad exes ‘the rains ofthe Werct OF Tit EAST MAYOR. (tenis yt) ‘As Mayor of the Munchkin City Inthe county ofthe Land of O2, [welcome you most regally. BARRISTER. But we've got to verity it legally, To see Mayor. Tose? BARRISTER. If she, Mayor tt she? BasnisteR. If she is morally, thily, cry Fan No.1. Spiritually, physically, Crvy Fater No. 2. Positively, absolutely, ALL City FarHers. Undeniabiy, and reliably dead. THE DELEGATION al turn fords the CORONER who stalghens up, unravels sora and dlrs his onde. CoHONER. (sung) 'AS coroner | must aver | thoroughly examined her, ‘And she's nat only merely dead, ‘She's really most sincerely dead, 28 Ak Ond — Somes MAYOR. (poke ovr music) Friends, this is a day of independence forall the Munchkins and theis descendants. BARRISTER. Tfany! MAYOR. Yes, lt the joyous news be spread. The wicked old witch at last is dead! MUNCHKINS. (Cheering) Hooray! (Gung) Ding Dong! The witch is dead Which old witch? Tho wicked witch Ding Dong! The wicked witch is dead, Wake up, you sleepy head, ub your eyes, get out of bed. Wake up, the Wicked Witch is dead. ‘She's gone where the goblins go, Below, below, below, yo ho, Let's open up and sing, ‘And ring the bells out Ding Dong! The Merry-O Sing it high, sing itlow Cot them know the wickad witch ie dead. Dance. Tonnes Livro BEAUTIES wotle frend on points and present a ouguet ‘THREE Tors, We represent the Lullaby League, The Lullaby League, the Lullaby League, {And in the name ofthe Lullaby League We wish to welcome you to Munchkiniand. ‘Tunes Lrrmie Tavs chewing on ly pipes clog dance fora They prsent alps THREE TouGH Kips. ‘We represent the Lollypop Guild, The Lollypop Guild, the Lollypop Guild, And in the name of the Lollypop Gui, \We wich to welcome you the Munchkinland. (ONE OF THe TouGH hands a llypop te Dokory, ‘ho acpi i graciously. The remaining MUNCHKINS swarm aroun Act One— scene 2 -MUNCHKINS, We welcome you to Munchkinland Tralalalalala, Tra lala tra lala, Tra la lala lala MAYOR. (poten in ryt) From now on yout be history BagisteR. Youll be hist (Cary Fariien. You'l be hist. Mayor. — You'llbe history, Gaour, And we wil glority your name Mayor, You willbe a bust. BARRISTER, Be a bust Cary Farr. Be a bust. Grour. Inthe hall of fame! Muncsoxins. Tra fa a a fala Tra la la, tral a Tra la lala lala la. Tra la lala a, Tra lala, tra lala Tra lalalalala la Tralalalaiala, Tra lal, tral a, Trala lala lala In the midst ofthe rejoicing theres sudden expeson Music segues. 30 ACT ONE — SCENE 7 Wicked Witch. No. 12 Incidental Seep. 110 Witch Appears (Orhesta) “he exlosion turns out ob he rival in Munchkin of the \Wiekzo Wire OF Tae West clutching her broomstick “The MUNCHKIN demo hack alarm. The WITCH circles them giving swckedly and widening the space she has aout he, Music ont or dialogue DOROTHY. 1 thought you said she was dead. GUNDA. That was her sister — the Wicked Witch of the East ‘This i the Wicked Witch of the West. And she's worse than the other one was. The WickeD WircH Or THE WEST Suddenly pont er broomstick at GUNDA. ‘West WircH, Where's my sister? GLINDA. Yonder she lies West WircH. Where? GunpA, There. The Wast WITCH lat tthe house. ‘West Wire. Alright, who's the smart aleck that turned her into a house? Was it you, Glinda? GLINDA. Not the house. Under the house West WITCH, Under the house? DoroTHY. It’s my fault, 'm so sorry. My house dropped on her, West WITCH. You dropped your house on my sister? How could anyone be 0 unbelievably clumsy? GUNDA. (Pointing othe legs) Look closer? No. 12a Incidental Seep. 110 (Oxbesta) ‘The Wrrext Or To WES approaches the house ana suddenly ees Fhe legs and the ruby slippers he srenms in anguish. Music ou et One— Seen? a West Wircit. Aaarght DDoncriy stops back in lar, So of the MuNCHKENS, cquclly afd ered round eI sat this moment that DOROTHY'S shes are substituted by the ry slippers GUIDA. You recognized her then, WEST WITCH, Of course I recognized her. Who else would wear ruby slippers ‘with those socks? (Brighten ava thought curs) ‘The Ruby Slippers! (Terns on DOROTHY) Little girl, you have done me a service, I shall don the ruby slippers ‘which will make my powers greater than ever. No. 12b Incidental Sep. 110 Slippers (Orcesta) The West WITCH turns towards the raby slippers in tine tose them nd the eg wearing thm anh, West Wincul. The ruby slippers! They’re gone! The slippers! (ToGunoa) What have you done with them? GLINDA. See for yourself. Step forward, Dorothy. The cro parts ond DOROTHY see frsard waar he ruby slippers ns much cher surprise ts EVERYONE BLS, Musi ou, West WircH. Give them back to me or I'l GLINDA. Its too late! There they are, and there they'll stay! ‘The Wist WHICH adoances hypotially across the stage lard DOROTHY, West Wrrei., Give me back those slippers! I'm the only one that knows how to use them. They're of no se to you. Give them back to me, Give them back! ‘DowOTHY seems on the pint of obeying the Wat WrTeH chen GLINDA brings her son dono bowen DOROTHY andthe WITCH an bent he pel GLINDA. Keep tight inside of them. Their magic must be very powerful ‘or she wouldn't want them s0 badly. West WITCH. You stay out ofthis, Glinda, orl ix you as welll GuNDA. Oh fddle-faddle! You have no power while 'm here, Be gone, before somebody drops a house on you, toa! No. 12¢ Incidental Seep. 110 (Orchestra 2 ActOne— See? West Witcit, Very well bide my time and as for you, my fine lady it’s true [eat attend to you here and now as Id like. But after suitable period of mourning, I wll have those slippers and my revenge to. (aber ye ith hr hanahe hie nd ab, Hen pits at DOROTHY and turns ox er.) So best try to stay out of my way. Just try! get you eventually, my pretty (rpares to wnish) And your litle dog, too! No.12d Incidental Seep. 110 Witch Disappears (Onbeste) chucking in enicipation, the Wast WrTCH throws wp her hands td arises with shri in an exlsion and lar of ke. ‘The MUNCHKIN tow thmeles ont the ground in tre. The ate lars GuINDA. Its all right. You can get up. She's gone. No. 13 Leaving Munchkinland Seep. 110 ‘Underscore (Onhests) ‘Some MUNCHKINS gett ter fet catinsly. (GUNDA. It'sall right, You can get wp (The OTHERS get other et as GLNDA sf he i) Pooh. what «suse of sulphur! (Terns te Donor) Tm afraid you've made rather a bad enemy of the Wicked Witch ofthe Wes: ‘The sooner you get out of Oz altogether, the safer you'll sleep, my dear DOROTHY. Oh, I'd give anything to get out of Oz altogether. ‘My Auntie Em is miasing me. She may even be ill But—-which is the way back to Kansas? I can’t go the way I came. GLINDA. No, that’s true. The only person who might know would be the great and ‘wonderful Wizard of Oz himself! (GLINDA'Sslobe starts to descend fom the fics) DoroTHy. The Wizard of Oz? Is he good, or is he wicked? GUNDA. Oh, very good, but very mysterious. He lives inthe Emerald City, ‘and that’s. long journey érom here. Did you bring your broomstick with you? DororHy. No, 'm afraid I didn’t GLNDA. Well then, you'll have to walk. The Munchkins will see you safely to the ‘order of Munchkinland, And remember, never let those ruby slippers off your foot for a moment, or you wil beat the mercy ofthe Wicked Witch ofthe West. DoRoTHY. But —how do [star for the Emerald City? [GLINDA. It's always best to star at the beginning — ‘and all you dois follow the Yellow Brick Road. Act One Seen? 33 Doxomiy. But— what happens if — LINDA, Just follow the Yellow Brick Road. CGLINDA eit er globe ack up into thei MUNCHKINS. Goodbye. Goodbye (tc) Doxoriy, My! People come and go quickly here! Follow the Yellow Brick Road No. 14 “Yellow Brick Road” Seep 111 (stunchins—inluding volo: Mayor Coronet and a Fda) DoRoriy. (over music) Follow the Yellow Brick Road? Mavor, Follow the Yellow Brick Road. Banaisrer, Follow the Yellow Brick Road, WOMAN. Follow the Yellow Brick Road. BaRRisTER. Follow the Yellow Brick Road. ‘The MAYOK pins at DOROTHY fet. MUNCHRINS crouch an pel ay he {anf around Dorothy fc. The Yalow Brick Road i eae. The MUNCH pee mare nd more ofthe turf auny reeling the Yellow Brick Read in a prs, Mayor. Follow the Yellow Brick Road, CORONER. Follow the Yollow Brick Road, MUNcHKINS. Fellow, follow, fllow, follow, follow the Yellow Brick Fld our bars Orchestra, Follow the Yellow Brick, follow the Fipptex, Yellow Brick, follow the Yellow Brick Road. Pour bars Orchestra MUNCHKINS. You'te off the see the Wizard ‘The wonderful Wizard of Oz You'l ind he isa whiz of a Wiz’, IW ever a Wiz' there was. If ever, oh ever, a Wi’ there was, ‘The Wizard of O7 is one because Because, because, because, because, because, Because of the wonderful things he does. You're off the see the Wizard, The wonderful Wizard of Oz, Donoriy dances off with Toro, MUNCHKINS. Goodbye! Goodbye! (et) The MUNCHKINSjoyuly dance of Blackout Music continues for sene change. ACT ONE — SCENE 8 Scarecrow — the cornfield. The lights come wp onstage reveling a crssoais onthe Yellow Brick Road [A pieket fenc on onesie fe road surrounds acorn. High on «pole Inke midi o the fil is SCARECROW, DOROTY tats down te row pst the scarecrow and sop atthe erossrous. Masi ut ry, Follow the Yellow Brick Road? Follow the Yellow Brick? (Lots aout her) Well now, which way do we go? Behind Dower, the SCARECROW point to the ef) SCARECROW. Pardon me. That way is avery nice way. (rca as DOROTHY urs) DOROTHY, Who said that? (Lots about her TOTO bars) Donor. Don't be silly, Toto, Searecrows don’t talk. DOROTHY tums ay agin. The SCARECKON points inthe ahr ict SCARECROW. It's pleasant down that way, to. DDoROTHY urns back tthe SCARECROW Doxoriy. Th funny. Wasn't he pointing the other way SCARECROW. Of course, people do go both ways! “The SCARECROW cries his rms and pints in bth directions. Doromay. Why, you did say something, didn’t you? (SCARECROW croses nd reroses his rms) Are you doing that on purpose, ‘or can't you make up your mind? 4 to make up. SCARECROW. Thaven’t gota brain, only straw. So I ain't gota mi DoRoTHY, Well, how can you talk if you haven't got a brain? SCARECROW, Idon’t know. But some people without brains ‘do an awful lt of talking, don't they? DOROTHY. Yes, I guess you're right (Clinbs th ence and apraaces) Can't you get down? SCARECROW. Down? No, you see, I've gota pole stuck up my back. The SCARECROW gestures behind hi [DoROTEY moves round the ack ofthe poe DoRoTHY. Is there any way I can help you? (Stuies the problem) Act One — Scene 35 SCARECROW. Well, of course, I'm not very bright about doing things, ‘but if you'l just bend the nail down in back maybe Il just slip oft Donoray. I'll certainly try. (Roches up bind the ple) Its an aweful stiff nal, No. 15 Scarecrow Fall (Orhesra) Suddenly DOROTHY moves back holding a ent na. ‘The SCARDCROW slip fhe ground, Music ou as his fet ithe flor. The SCARECROW staggers fortes rps one the fence ard onde onthe ground spilling eas amount of stew ot af his ape fo SCARECROW. Ohhh! Whoops! There goes some more of me again! (Reaches or it) DororHy, Oh. Does it hurt you? SCARECROW. Oh, no. [just keep picking it up and putting it back in again. The SCARECROW shoves the stow back ink is ieee ap DOROTHY. Let me help you, (alps te SCARECROW ge! tise!) SCARECROW. My! I's good to be free! The ScARECROW's legs buckle wader hi, he whrs round and all back agains he ence Dororiy. Oh! Ohhh The SCARECROW stupas DOROTHY crouches este im SCARECROW, Did I sare you? Doxonity. No, no. —Ijust thought you hurt yoursel. SCARECROW. ButT didn't scare you? Doworsiy. No, ofcourse not SCARECROW, I didn’t thinks. ACT ONE — SCENE 9 Crows in cornfield “THRE CROWS enter and start eating corm SCARECROW. You see, I can't even scare a crow. ‘Tatnp Crow. Howdy Neighbor! SCARECROW. They come from miles around just to eat in my field. inst Crow. Howdy, Scarecrow. ScARECKOW. And laugh in my face. No. 16 “YE 1 Only Had a Brain” seep. 11 (Scarecrow, Borthy fe Thee Crows) The THREE CROWS laugh heartily. Scarecrow. You see? (ung) Seid a soarecrow swingin’ on a pole Toa biackbird sitting on a fence. Oh the lord give me a sou! but. Forgot to give me commonsense. Cuows. Said the blackbird Well, wal, well What in thunder would you do with commonsense” ‘SCARECROW. Said the scarecrow, “Twould be pleasin’ ‘Just to reason out the reason, ‘Of the whichnese and the whyness and the whence, It had an ounce of commonsense" (CROWS. (Spoke in rhythm) Why shucks, ‘SCARECROW. | could while away the hours CConterrin’ with the flowers CConesultin’ with the rain ‘And my head Id be seratchin ‘While my thoughts ware busy hatehin’ If only had a brain. ''d unravel every riddle For any individ le In trouble o in pain. Doxoriy. With the thoughts you'l be thinkin’ ‘You could be another Lincoln SCARECROW. If only had a brain Oh, | could tell you why The ocean's near the shore Doxoriy. You could think of things You never thunk before ScARECROW. And then I'd sit — ‘And think some more. crows. Caw, Caw. SCARECROW. | would not be just a nuffin’ My head all ull of stutfin’ My heart al ful of pain | would dance and be merry Life would be a ding-a-derry If lonly had a brain! Oh, I could tell you why The ocean's near the shore | could think of things | never thunk before DoRoTHy. And then he'd sit ang think some more, SCARECROW. Gosh, it would be awful pleasin’ To reason out the reason For things | can’t explain, “Then porhaps I'd dasorve ya ‘And be even worthy erve ya I lonly had a brain, Dance SCARECHOW. (pater hyn) 11 only had a brain! ‘At the conclusion, the SCARECROW falls exasted 0 the ground and he CROWS return lo their corer. Doworny. That was wonderful. Why, if our scarecrow back in Kansas could do that, the crows'd be scared to pieces! SCARECROW. They would? DoroTHy. Oh, yes. 38 ‘AcOne—Soce9 ‘The Cows chuckle and see dow et agin, SCARECROW. Where is Kansas? DOROTHY. That's where I live. And I want to get back there so badly, "'m going all the way to Emerald City to get the Wizard of O2 tol SCARECROW. You're going to see the Wizard? Doromy. Un-hmu. Scarecrow. Do you think i went with you this Wizard would give me some brains Dokoriy. I couldn't say. But even it he didn’t you'd be no worse off than you are now SCARECROW. Yes, that’s true. DOROTHY. But maybe you'd better not. I've gota Witch mad at me, and you might get into trouble SCARECROW. Witch? Huh! I'm not afraid of a Witch! I'm not afraid of anything ‘oh except alighted match DoRoTHy. I don't blame you for that. ScARECKOW. But I'd face a whole box full of them for the chance of getting some brain Look—Iwon't be any trouble, Because I don’t eat a thing. and I won't try to ‘manage things, because I cant think, Won't you take me with you? Dororty. Of course Iwill SCARECROW. Hooray! Crows. Cav! SCARECROW. I'm going to get mea brain! Let's go! CROWS. Caw! The SCARECROW tke af stip who his es cllpse ain ‘nl DOROTHY ha dart frond nich in DOROTHY. You're not starting out very wel. ScaRecRow. Oh, I'l try! Really, Iwill, DoRoTHY. To Oz! SCARECROW. To Oz! ‘at One — Some? » No. 17 “We're Off to see the Wizard” Seep. 116 Duet (Dorothy de Scarecrow) DOROTHY & SCARECROW. We're off to see the Wizard The wonderful Wizard of Oz We hear he is a whiz of a Wiz’ aver a wiz there was, Doxomiy. Hf ever on ever @ Wiz' there was. The Wizard of O2 is one because ScARECKOW. Because, because, because, because, because. DoRorTHy, Because of the wonderful things he does, BOTH, We're off to see the Wizard, ‘The wonderful Wizard of O2, Donoriy and the SCARECROW danc of with Tov felloming. The CROWS tae languid free. SECOND CROW. G'tye Scarecrow! inst Crow. I'm going to miss that old haybog ‘Treo CxoW. [never care for him. First CROW, How's that? ‘THIRD CROW. Too much ofa stuffed shirt, Hootng with laughter, the thee CROWS lope of Music continues for the cee change ACT ONE — SCENE 10 Tinman with Apple Trees in front of his cottage. ‘During the ight change the stage revolves and te large APPLE TREES come center sage laden sth bright el aples. Te TINMAN, standing ‘front of is ined cottage, hidden from then, DOROTHY, TOTO, ti the SCARECROW enter in conversation. Masi fds ut ScAKECROW, You're hungry? But I thought only craws got hungry. DoRoTHy. All living things need to eat SCARECROW. Idon’tneed to et. (Suddenly wrriai) Does that mean I'm not alive? DOROTHY. Oh, no, Searecrow. You're the liveliest friend I ever had. SCARECROW. Why thank you. Just for that you can eat as much of my hay as you like ‘And then you won'tbe hungry anymore (Takes a ret handful out of his jacket) DorotHy. Oh, no, scarecrow. I couldn't do that ScARECROW. You don’t have to worry about me. So long as I keep my legs well stuffed, Tean walk to Emerald City no matter what shape I'm in up top. Doxomy. It’s very kind offer but I don't eat hay SCARECROW. Oh, well perhaps its justas well (Stuf he straw back nto himself) A Title ‘mother field-mouse has a nest in here and she wouldn't like tobe disturbed. Donor sadenly ses the APPLE TRESS. Doxortty. Oh, look Scarecrow, apples! SCARECROW. Apples, what's apples? DonoTHy. In the tees SCARECROW. You mean all those lite red birds hanging upside down by one leg? DOROTHY. They’re not birds, They're something you eat and they're delicious Doors runs ora and picks an appl frm low ranch ‘The TREE asthe apple Bak and lps her wrist DoRorHy. Ouch! inst TREE. What do you think you're doing? DonoTny, We've been walking long ways and I was hungry and — did you say something? The Funst TRER gesture othe oe a. ‘Ast One —Soene10 a Finst TaEe, She was hungry! SECOND TREE. She was hungry! THIRD TREE. How would you like it have someone come along and pick something off of you? Doxorny, I'm sorry! I keep forgetting I'm notin Kansas, ScaRecRoW. Come along, Dorothy — you don’t want any of those apples. Yuck! FIRST TREE. Are you hinting my apples aren’t what they ought to be? SCARECROW. Oh, no! Its just that she doesnt like litle green worms! inst TREE. Worms! (To th ofer Ts) Did he say we had worms? SECOND TREE. That's what t sounded like to me, SCARECROW. (Whispered fo Donor) I'll show you how to get apples (Couier) Sure you got worms, worms, caterpillars and probably a whole bunch of wood lice too THIRD TREE, How dare you! Let’ give ito him, gs! No. 18 Apple Throwing Seep.116 (rchest) The TAES tow hand ofp the ScAKECRON inst Tae, Take that and that! SECOND TREE, Base slander SCARECROW. Look out Dorothy The SCARECROW runout te sae caching ond collecting he apes THIRD TREE. How do you like them apples? ScARECROW. We ike them just fine The SCARBCKOW apranchs DOROTY with hand Funst Test. I've suddenly twigged SECOND TREE, SohavelL They've made saps of ws all Tiiiap TREE. [thnk is ime we boughed out The TREN TaBES move may using and tu backs on te proceings Tht mweent ees the AS mainly ling an Pel infront of his rained otage, DOROTHY starts orsard The TNntas is covered in rast. Muse out Doorn. Yes, Oh— look! DDoROY and the SCARECROW examine the TINMAN cl Through rate jaws, he peaks TINMAN. Oil cant Oil Can! Doxomy, Did you say something? TINMAN. Oilennt DoRoTHY. He said ol can SCARECROW. Oi Doxoriy. Oil can? Donor laos around fort coxntualy seit on the ground TINMAN, Abb. DoRoTHY. Here tie. Where do you want to be old first? TINMAN. My mouth —_my mouth SCARECROW. He std his mouth! The other side! Doromuy. Yes — there TINMAN, Mene..tne..e..M-m-my, my, my, my goodness I can talk again ‘oll my arms, please — oil my elbows. Oh! Oh! JOROTNY a the SCARECHOY tak tans ithe TINMAN and exercising his if ins DOROTHY and the SCARECROW ol he TINMAN’S arm holding re andi also HIS side witha clk TINMAN, Oh! DOROTHY. Did that hu TrNMAN. No, it feels wonderful. I've held that axe up for ag DOROTHY. Oh goodness! How did you ever get like this? ‘TINMAN. Well, when I was flesh and blood like you, fell in love with a Munchkin vaiden whose mother hated me. So to stop me from marrying her daughter st hired the Wicked Witch of the West to put an evil spell on my axe, When I trie nop down a tee it chopped off my leg inst Act One — Scene 8 SCARECROW. It chopped your leg off? DOROTHY. That's terrible. TINMAN. But by good fortune I knew of a Wondeeful tinsmith and he ‘made me a new leg almost as good as he old one, So back | wen to work and you know what happened? Doxomay. Something terrible I bet TINMAN. Iswung my axe again and dang me fit didn’t take off the other leg, SCARECROW. You shoulda gota new axe TINMAN. I guess you're right. But I got me a new leg instead, And back I went to {CARECROW. You sure were persistent. TINMAN. This time I chopped off both my arms DoroTHY. Oh my SCARECROW. I can see how you coulda chopped off o but how did you manage fo chop off the ather one? TINMAN. [old you, The exe was enchanted. SCARECROW. Of course. $ee Dorothy, i{Lhad a brain Teoulda worked that out for myself. TINMAN. I sometimes wish [hadn't got anew pair of arms fo tinsmith ‘cause the last time I swung the axe was worst time ofall RECROW, Idon’t want to hear this The SCARECROW covers his ear Dororiy. What happened? INMAN. Laplit myself right down the middle, Doxoriy. Oh, you poor thing. nat on the way home I got caught in a terible rainstorm and rusted soli TINMAN. I've been hese ever si ray. Well, you're perfect now The TISMAN lun his head sharply lows DOROTHY en sticks TINMAN. My —my neck, my —my neck. (DOROTIY andthe SCARECROW il is neck) Perfect? Just bang on my chest if you think I'm perfec. Go ahead — bang on it “ ‘Onn —Sene 10 The SCARECROW gies Ia thump ends hear ago Sound SCARECROW. Beautiful! What an echo! “TINMAN. It’s empty. The tinsmith forgot to give me a heart. Dorority & SCARECROW. No heart! TINMAN. No heart! Dorority. Oh! ‘TINMAN. All hollow. And as long as Thave no heart, Tan never love my Munchkin maiden. ‘The TMMAN gop a tars tory. DoxotHy. Oh, please don't cry, Tinman. You'll rust again. TTINMAN, Tused to earve her name on every tee ‘he TREES turn bck gun, ubbing th om FIRST TREE, You can say that again. The TREES march rao and sain harmony. No. 19 Tinman/Trees sept “If Only Had a Heart” (inman, Dorothy Thre Tes) Trees, Said a Tinman rattling his bs Toa Strawman sad and weary eyed TTINMAN. Of the smith gave me tin ribs, But forgot to put @ hear inside ‘TREES. Then he banged his hollow chest and cried. TiNMAN. When a man's an empty kettle He should be on his mettle And yet I'm torn apart ‘Just because I'm presumin’ That | could be kind-a-human, If Vonly had a heart "de tender, I'd be gentle, ‘And awul sentimental Fegarding love and art, Vd be friends with the sparrows ‘And the boy that shoots the arrows, IT only had a heart Picture me- a balcony, ‘Above a voice sings low Act One— Some 10 5 ‘TREES. (poten in rhyton) Wherefore art thou, Romeo? TTINMAN. hear a boat DoRoTHY, How sweet! TINMAN. Just to register emotion, ‘Jealousy, devotion, ‘And really feel the part | could stay young and chipper, ‘And I'd lock it wth a zipper IT only had a heart Dance. The TinMan dances th the TREES during sohich he pumps hielo cousing the ene oh his eed fo while nd ents, Afr he dane: TINMAN. Oh, | may be presuming ‘That | could be kinc-a-human, V9 be friends with the sparrows ‘And the boy that shoots the arrows, Dorotiy. You could stay young and chippor TINMAN. And look it with a 2ipper Hlonly Doroniy, Ifyou only TREES. you only Au Had a heart ‘The TINMAN sorts to cola Doxonisy, Are you al ight? TINMAN. I'm afraid I'm a litle rusty yet (Wabbesxncrtsinly) Ob-oh. The SCARECROW applies he len, Doom, Perhaps you can visit the tinsmith again tnd ask him to give you a new heart TINMAN. Oh, no. He went out of business Jong time ago. TINMAN & SCARECROW. Ran out afin DOROTHY. Thea why don’t you come with us tothe Emerald City and ask the Wizard of Oz for a heart? We've com Oh, buthe willl He ‘long way already ACT ONE — SCENE 11 Want to play ball? No. 20 Witch On Roof Seep. 119 (Orchesta) ‘There ea sudden expetion and cloud of sok. Tere stand he ‘whekeD WicH OF THe WEST. Music underscores dialogue to her exit. West WircH, You call that long? Why, you've only just begun! TINMAN. You! You're the one who put the spell on my axe West WiTcHt, Itcertainly chopped you down to size, didn’t it! ‘And now you're helping the litte lady along, are you, my fine gentlemen? (With sudden vehemene) Well, stay away from her or I stuff a mattress with you, Scarecrow! And you Tinmant I'l use you for a bee-hive! SCARECROW. I'm not afraid of you! ‘West Winch, That just proves you don’thave a brain. Allow me to educate you. (Gestures inthe ir) Here, Searecrow! Want to play ball? (Toss fireball im.) SCARECROW. Olt! (tha shriek of lupe, she rows athe. I seems lo sre the SCARE ‘nd his chest begins to emit smoke) Ohi Lookout! Oh, I'm on fire! Fire! Hel ‘round as the TINMAN tuys is ches and pus ou the fre) Wes WrrcH. Just remember, Scarecrow, helping that girl reach, the Emerald City could be your last burning ambition. ‘Ther is nother explosion asthe WITCH woos. Music out with er exit DOROTHY andthe TINMAN belp he SCARECROW fs fet. SCARECROW, I'mstil not scared of her see you get safely to the Wizard now, ‘whether I get a brain or not! Stuff a mattress with me- hah! TiNMAN. I'l see you reach the Wizard, wether I get a heart or not ‘Bee hive, bah! Let her try and make a bee-hive out of me! Doxority. Oh, you're the best friends anybody ever had. And i's fanny ‘but I fel as i'd known you all the time, But T couldn't have, could I? SCARECROW. Idon’t see how. You weren't around stuffed and sewn together, were you? ‘TINMAN. And I was standing over there rusting forthe longest time W- Pomp ook At One— Some 11 7 Dokortty. Iwish I could remember but it really doesn’t matter. We know each other now, don’t we? SCARECROW. That’ right. TINMAN. We do. SCARECROW. ToOz? TINMAN. To Oz! No. 21 “We're Off to See the Wizard” Seep. 120 Trio (Dorothy Scaeerow fe Taman) DOROTHY, TINMAN &SCARECROW. We're off to see the Wizard The wonderful Wizard of O2 We hear- he is a whiz of a Wir" Hever a whiz there was Wever-oh aver a Wie there was ‘The Wizard of Oz is one because ScaKeckow. Because, TINMAN. Because, Scarecrow, Because, TINMAN. Because, SCARECROW & TINMAN, Because, DokoTHY. Because of the wonderful things he does, ALL THHEE. We'e off to see the Wizard ‘The wonderful Wizard of Oz! ‘Arm in arm THE THREE FREENDS dance of The TRSES shu orward ‘ad ath them go. The stage darkens Music vans unde dialogue, Finst TREE. They're branching out for the wild forest ‘THIRD TREE. Iwouldn’t be seen dead in that wild forest SECOND TREE. IfT grew there, I'd be petrified ‘The Tages exit, Music segues, ACT ONE — SCENE 12 ‘The Lion — Wild forest ‘Thetighting ied; tere isa sense of thick vegetation. The rar of tons tu he creams of monkey rpc ids fil the a. Chum of trpit ‘tain seta gular lero cross the stage conceal thre snl trampolines [isthe LION'S entnnce, DOROTHY andthe OTHERS enter tena No. 22 Lions, Tigers, & Bears Seep. 12 (Doro, Scarecrow & Tinman) DOROTHY. (ver music) I don’t ike this forest! I's —if's dark and creepy! SCARECROW. Of course, I'm not very bright, but think iil get darker before it gets lighter. Doxortty. Do—do you suppose we'll meet any wild animals? TTINMAN, Mmmm — we might Dorority. Ok — SCARECROW, Animals that — that cat straw? ‘TinMAN. A—some—but mostly, lions, and tigers, and bears Doxoriy. Lions! SCARECROW. And tigers! TINMAN. And bears! Dorority. Oh! Lions and tigers and bears! Oh my! (ep. inriytin) Lions and Tigers and Bears! Oh my! Au Lions and Tigers and Bears! Dororiy. Oh my! Au. Lions and Tigers and Bears! Doxomiy. Oh my! Au. Lions and Tigers and Bears! Doxoray. Oh my! Aut Lions and Tigers and Bears! Oh my! DoxoTHy. Oh my! ALL LLons and Tigers and Bears! Oh my! Dorothy. Ohmy! Act One Scene 12 ° New at hand ee suddenly her loud roto rao. THB THRE FRIENDS op dead in hi tracks, Theres anotter roar and the LION (Zexe) bounds fn tge by ny of the Irampotines and lds on he rad blocking their ay ‘General sereaming asthe LION leaps on. Mic Ost DororHy. Obllook! SCARECROW. Oh! ‘The TINMAN andthe SCARECROW calidad collapse fo the ground the LION assumes threatening pos LioN. Hah Put ‘em up! Put ‘em up! Which one of you frst? Tl fight you both together if you want. IIL ight ya’ with one paw tied behind my back! Fil fight ya’ standin’ on one foot! I'l fight ya’ with my eyes closed! (Tar sey on the TINMAN who isp is axe front ofthe LION.) (Oh pullin’ an axe on me, eh? Sneakin’ up on me, ch? Why! MAN, Here —here. Go way anid let us alone. LION. Oh, scared, huh! Afraid huh? Hah! How long can you stay fresh in that can? (Chores thie own wit) Come on, get up and fight you shivering junk yard! (urns tothe Scanscnow) Put your hands up, you lop-sided bag of hay! SCARECROW, That’ getting personal, Lion TINMAN. Yes, getup and teach him a lesson. SCARECROW, Well — what's wrong — with you teachin’ him? TINMAN. I—well — well, hardly know him. Toro in Dosey’ erms sudden barks, using the LION to spin round alarm Lion. Well, I'l get you anyway, Pee Wee. The LiON leq towards Donoriy with rar: DOROTHY slaps him ‘ne nse ede Burat into tars. The TINDAAN and SCARECROW get th fk Doxotiy. Oh, shame on you! Lion. What did you do that for? I didn’t bite him Doxonity. No, but you tried to. It's bad enough picking on a straw man, but when you go azound picking on poor litle dogs. Lion, Well, you didn’t have to go and hit me, did you? Is my nose bleedin’? DOROTHY. Well of course not. My goodness, what a fuss you're making Natucally when you go around picking on things weaker than you are ‘why you're nothing buta great big coward! LION. You're right, Iam a coward! [haven't got any courage at all Teven scare myself. Look at the circles under my eyes. [haven't slept in weeks, 50 ‘tne Sexe 12 "TINMAN. Why don’t you try counting sheep? LION. That doesn’t do any good —I'm afraid of ‘em. SCARECROW. Oh , that’s too bad. Why don't you come along with us? ‘We're on out way to see the Wizard now. To get him a heart THNMAN, And him a brain. Doorn. I'm sure he could give you some courage. LION. Well, wouldn't you feel degraded to be seen in the company of a cowardly lion? I would. Doorn. No, of course not LION. Gee, that — that's awfully nie of you. My life has been simply unbearable. [Even my family’s disowned me. When I was just alittle cub, my fathe took me tothe top ofa high mountain and waved his paw around and said "One day, son, al this will be yours.” Oh, I was terrified, SCARECROW. Why's that? LION. I'm seared of heights. (Cries gu) DOROTHY. Oh, wel it’ all right now. The Wizard'll fx everything, LION. Atleast you'll be safe if come with you. TINMAN. How's that? Lion. No self-respecting wild animal will come anywhere near me. No. 23 “I 1 Only Had the Nerve” ‘Seep. 124 (Cion with Dorothy, Scanerow Tiina) LION. (Spoken yt) Said a lon, poor neurotic tion, ‘To a Miss who listened to him rave, (Oh! The lord made me a lon, BBut the Lord forgot to make me brave. (Sung) Then his tail began to curl and wave, Lite is ead, believe mo, missy When you're born to be a sissy, Without the vim and verve But | could change my habits, Never more be scared of rabbits 1 Lonly had the nerve, I'm afraid there's no denyin 1m just a dandy-lion, ‘Afate | don't deserve WIR- Prompt Book (Lion.) But | could show my prowess, Be a lion not a mowess, 11 only had the nerve. DOROTHY, SCARECROW é TINMAN. ‘Oh, you'd be in your stride, AAking down to ine core DorotHy. You could roar the way You naver roared before, Lion. And then I'd rrwoot, ‘And roar some moro. | would show the dinosaurs, Who's king around the fores’, ‘Aking they better sorve. Why with my regal beezer | could be another Cassar It only had the nerve, "be brave as a blizzard. TINMAN. — 'd be gentle as a lizard, SCARECROW. I'd be clever as a gizzard. Dorotiy. Ifthe Wizard is a wizard who will serve. ‘SCARECROW, Then I'm sure to get a brain — Tuxman, Aheart — Doxotay. Ahome — Lion, Thenerve. No. 23 “We're Off to See the Wizard” Quartet (Devt, SearerowTnman & Lion) DOROTHY, SCARECROW, TINMAN & LION, (Oh, we're off to see the Wizard The wonderful Wizard of O2. We hear he is a whiz of a Wiz? ever a whiz there was. If ever, oh ever, a Wiz’ there was: ‘The Wizard of O2 is one because, Because, because, because, because, because, Because of the wonderful things he does. We're off to see the Wizard The wonderful Wizard of Oz! Seep. 126 52 ACT ONE — SCENE 13 Poppies. “As DoRoTH, SCARECROW, TINMAN and LION dance of «seat ie Pea reappear as giant gure sinucted agains! he lth, then d a ight eurc end osc agro smal adsl, When ca re lone bein the lt, projecton ofthe WICKED Wa} Fore akg down a ter He dancing figures. Mase segue No. 24 Poppies Py (inde, Dory, Sexe Trman, Lion mer Gel Poplin, Boys/ soem) Music continues under dialogue. West WITCH, There is nothing so depressing as boundless optimism Mari is totaly misplaced. Now, shall squash them out te the PaeeFacing buga they are or shall be witty ad creative? The bus deere is stractive but messy. So wity and creative wins the day ater Gomething with poison in it, think. With poison in i, but A pac to the eye — and soothing to the smell! Poppies! Poppies! Poppi ‘The sre begin fo fl with gerd popes and sothng sien mie lt West WITCH, This lethal lullaby will put them to sleep forever. ert tren the Ruby Slippers will be . The Wick suddenly leans pee ter moh ef te ote sren Sh sea hes a) MINE lac theo ishised u. Pi highs ome up the stages covered weit POPES. Suggested saging fo opps A deze actor ear cis whch erin ft Sa atl green and covered with poppe but inside whe ro nok designe, Whon firs sen they are seth oc dt ee uming cman apt of Ppp. When so ein fl ao i ak aie ov and eal the white parting imards DOROTHY and OTHERS enter DoROTHY. This Yellow Brick Road seems to goon forever. SCARECROW. If you're tired Dorothy, we can take a short-cut. “THNMAN, The road curves round this Poppy field. ‘Vie can cut through and pick up on the other side. ScaRECROW. Let's go. ‘The FRIENDS start fo wade throug the Poppies ‘AcOne Sone 13 53 Dokomy. I've never seen such beautiful Poppies. Low. I think Poppies are my favorite flower. Door, (Dreanly) The smell isso wonderful. And the singing LION. Lean hear it to. It sounds just like the heavenly semaphores. Dorit suddenly tops and ccs her fore DonotHy. Oh-oh — what's happening? What is it? (Rel) Tean't walk anymore. 'm so... (Fes and stretches). sleepy. (Sits down among the POPPE} SCARECROW. Here, give us your hands and we'll pull you along. Donor. Oh, no, please. [have to rest for just a minute. (Puls TOTO down beside her) You lay there, Toto. We can have alittle sleep together. SCARECROW. Oh, you can’t rest now. We've got to go on. DowoTHY curls up or sep LION. Come to think of it, forty winks wouldn’tbe a bad idea, The LION flops inlegantly tthe ground ScARECKOW. Don’t you start too! TINMAN. Its the poppies. That's what's doing it. (Strts to wexp) SCARECROW. Don't cry — you'll ust yourself again! This isa spel, this is! TINMAN. It’s the Wicked Witch! What'll we do? Help! Help! The TOMA rst wp again SCARECROW. It's no use screaming ata time like this. Nobody will hear you! Help! Help! Help! Help! ‘The globe conning GLIND istered rom he fies. GLINDA. Thear you, Scarecrow. And though Lean’t undo the magic of the Wicked Witch, perhaps a litle magic of my own will save the day. GUINDA twos her ond ad it lars to sa Te golden lobe, ‘with GLINDA inside main, rises no Ue fs, Gradually the PPorPikins are transformed int oie se les SCARECROW. It's snowing! DDoRoray starts to wake wp DoRotHy. Oh, oh The LON sits ot upright. st ‘AdOne See 2 LION, Ab-ah, Unusual weather we're having, ain’tit? ‘The SCARECROW notices the rusted TINMAN. SCARECROW. Oh, no, he's rusted again! Give me the oil ean, quick! Dororiy. Idon't have the ol can {LioN, just realized something. ScaRecrow. What? Lion, I'm siting on it. “The LION reaches under himsalf an brings The ScARECROW test ad stars fo out theo em fe TINMAN, those poppies are powerful stuff 1 didn’t fel a thing, ‘The TANMAN comes lie end tur lo DOROTHY. Donor ser fo shiver and hugs TOTO for warmth The LION gets this fe! Lion. Boy, "TiNMaN, Dorothy, you're awake. CGuinpA enters upstage. THE FOUR FRIENDS turn fsands her GuNDA. My white magichas done its work, (Maes her wand andthe sow ss) Sow in sight, (Wanes her and again. Clouds pr Journey's end is n Jar he tgs ond he Emerald City opps inthe distance) Doxortty, The Emerald City! Oh, welse almost thereat last At last GLINDA. (Sings) ‘You're out of the woods, ‘You're out of the dark, ‘You're out of the night, Step into the sun, Step into the light. Keep staight ahead For the most glorious place ‘On the face of the earth or the sky. Hold onto your breath, Hold onto your heart, Hold onto your hope. unis CHORUS. You'te out of the woods, ‘You're out ofthe dark. You're out of the night Stop into the sun, Step Into the light. Win -Pramp Bost ‘ActOne —Soe 13 55 The musi continues under dle Doxoniy. It's beautiful, isn’t it? Just lke [knew it would be. He really must bea wonderful Wizard to live ina city like that! SCARECROW. Well, come on, then. TINMAN, What are you waiting for? Lion, On to Oz! DoRoTHy. To Oz! ALL. ToOz! The song les into a reprise of “We're off fo se the Wizard” ‘TH FOUR FRIENDS cre the stage and then ur tarde Emerald City asthe curtain fs on the En of ct One We're off to see the Wizard Scarecrow. We'e off to see the Wizard TINMAN. We're off to see the Wizard Lion. We're off to see the Wizard Au juR. The wonderful Wizard of Oz! ENSEMBLE, Ah, ah! 56 ACT TWO — SCENE 1 (Outside the gates of the Emerald City. No. 26-1 Entr’acte — part one Seep (Onhestrs) No. 26-II Entr’acte — part two seep. and “Optimistic Voices’ (Orchestra with offstage ins Chor) Gurus Corus. (fase) ‘You're out of the woods, ‘You're out ofthe dark, You'te out of the night Step into the sun, Step into the light Keep straight ahoad For the most glorious place (On the face ofthe earth or the sky. Hold onto your breath, Hold onto your heart Hold onto your hope. ‘March up to the gate ‘And bid i open, open! (Our Four TRAVELERS are dicroered with heir backs to the aie, fusing up tthe Wail of Emerald ity in which re set prof grea ats. sie cmtnues unde he daogve. DoRorHY, Have you ever seen anywhere so beautiful? ScaREcKOW. The walls are so high. ‘The LON clutches his row and staggers Lion, 1'm getting giddy just looking at ‘em. DDoworty turns and supports the LION, TINMAN. Ring the bell, Scarecrow. Let them know we're here, SCARECROW. Okay. (The SCARECROW cose ote Bl pull re goes The SCARECROW pulls the il and somewhere a lng oy of it jag Foul Music out. Almost immediately» tap wind inthe gate clase tthe Lows ton, bangs open. The city GUARD (UNCLE HENRY) loos out Ato — Seen 7 GUARD. Who rang that bell? Lion. (Cutching hishert) Don’t do that! TINMAN & DOROTHY. We did. Guano. Can't you read? SCARECROW. Read what? GuARD. The notice! DOROTHY, TINMAN, LION & SCARECROW. What notice? GUARD. 1f'son the door — as plain the nose on my face! (The GUARD looks forthe nati.) I? a— oh, — ob (he GUARD noes bak ron the indo and look off) Just a imate The GUARD dapper fora moment andthe lps a are notice on he ose ofthe dor. rhe slams fe bd hat THE FOUR FRIENDS read the otic. DOROTHY. (Reade) Bell out of order — please knock. DDoworiy stops upto he dor and using te large ok, hx. Again the non aos open, GUARD. Well that’s more like it. Now, state your business. ALL, We want tosee the Wizard GUARD. Oh, — oh — the Wizard? A —but nobody can see the great Oz! [Nobody's ever seen the great Oz! Even I've never seen his! DOROTHY. Well then, how do you know there is one? Guard. Because, because, because, because, because —he's — um, because, well. if there wasn’t Wizard... um. why would you be here? De THY. Oh — oh, please. Please Sir. I've got to see the Wizard “The Good Witch of the North sent me, SCARECROW. She's wearing the ruby slippers she gave her! No. 27 Guard Entrance Seep. 131 /ARD. Ub on (Stet ut and looks don at Donoriy's fet) So she ist Well, bust my battons! Why didn’t you say that in the first place? That's a horse of a different color! (The window slams shut.) The LION lots around ely 58 Aa Two —Sene LION. Who's he calling a horse? (Puting wp hs dues) Ife wasn’t on the other side ofthat door (Theres the sound ofoks turing) SCARECROW. He's coming out! LION. (Cowrage fing)... he'd be on this sie. ‘A ps door inthe goes open and the GUARD sep out. Music ou GUARD. Welcome to the Emerald City! DorotHy. Thankyou ‘The GUARD shakes hands with EVERYONE. GUARD, Have you come far? Dororiy. Oh just the longest of ways GUARD. Believe me, every step is worth it. Have you any idea just how wonderful this place really is? Music vamp str SCARECROW. I've been trying to imagine it, but I haven't gota brain. "TINMAN. They said I'd fallin love withit.. if Thad a heart LION. It's the ane place I don’t need courage, ‘cause there's nuthin’ there is scare me. Is there? No. 28 Merry Old Land Of Oz seep. 18 (Dorothy, Sexsczo, Tinma, Lion, Guard & Oa (Chorus including Beautician, Pelshers and Manicurss) Doority. There's a garden spot 'm told, Where i's never too hot and i's never too col, ScaRecnow. Where you'te never too young, ‘And you're never too ol. TINMAN. Where you're never too thin or tal, Lion. [And you're never, never, never, oo, 100, too, anything at all. : GuaRD. —tsalltrue (Oh, we're not too mad ‘And we're nat too sane, ‘And we don't compare and we don't complain. ‘All we dois just sit tight, ‘cause i's all 60, 0,60, downright right! ‘The gals open. end the GUARD and FOUR FRIENDS pss into the Cy WiR-Promp one

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