oz before the rainbow – VoVatia (original) (raw)

No Brain, No Heart, He’s Much Too Shy

While I’d read books by Mark Evan Swartz and Ryan Bunch that discussed the 1902 stage play of The Wizard of Oz, it occurred to me that I’d never actually read a script for it. The one that I easily … Continue reading →

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All Oz Is a Stage

Oz Before the Rainbow: L. Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz on Stage and Screen to 1939, by Mark Evan Swartz – This is in overview of the earlier and lesser known stage and screen adaptations of Baum’s book, … Continue reading →

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