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No Brain, No Heart, He’s Much Too Shy

Posted on March 14, 2024 by Nathan

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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Poets Who Know It

Posted on March 18, 2014 by Nathan

One of the characters introduced in the 1902 stage play of The Wizard of Oz who wasn’t in the book was Sir Dashemoff Daily, the Poet Laureate of Oz. I’m not sure if it was L. Frank Baum or someone … Continue reading →

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The Gyle File

Posted on March 14, 2012 by Nathan

The Speckled Rose of Oz, by Donald Abbott – Back when Books of Wonder was still publishing new Oz books, they put out quite a few by resident W.W. Denslow imitator Abbott, and these books were never all that popular … Continue reading →

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Budweiser’s a Friend of the Wizard of Oz

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Nathan

The Wizard of Oz: Vintage Recordings from the 1903 Broadway Musical – Long before MGM got their hands on it, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz had already had a run as a successful musical, on stage rather than the screen. … Continue reading →

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