The Good Witch of the North causes a snowfall which defeats the spell of the poppies that had put Dorothy and the Cowardly Lion to sleep – this idea was later used in the classic 1939 movie.Imogene the Cow replaces Dorothy's dog Toto.She had no name in the original book, but the surname is mentioned in Ozma of Oz (1907). Dorothy Gale's surname was introduced in the show.There were several major character changes from the original book:
Oz, the Wonderful Wizard, Ruler of the Emerald City Sir Wiley Gyle, an Inventor who scorns all magical arts Nick Chopper, the Tin Woodman, in search of a heart Tryxie Tryfle, prospective Queen of the Emerald Cityīrigadier General Riskitt, commanding Pastoria's Army In order of appearance, the 1902 Chicago cast consisted of: Role and comments from program Finally, the show was released to stock theater companies in 1911. The new production resumed the tour through May 1907, and continued for the 1907––09 seasons. The main "Company A" had one final tour from August to November 1906 before the rights were sold to Hurtig and Seamon.
By this time, demand had slowed and the second company was disbanded on February 28, 1906. The two companies toured the country from August 1904 to April 1905, and again from September 1905 to May 1906. This version played through May and then moved on to the New York Theater for three weeks before returning to Chicago for a five-week run to finish the season. A second company was established, and the show went on tour from September 1903 through March 1904 before returning to the Majestic with an updated "Edition De Luxe". The show premiered at the Chicago Grand Opera House on Jand then went on tour throughout the upper Midwest before moving to the Majestic Theatre on Broadway on January 21, 1903, where it ran for 293 performances through October 3. The show's history is covered in more than 100 pages of the book Oz Before the Rainbow L Frank Baum's 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz' on stage and screen to 1939 by Mark Evan Swartz. Much of the original music was by Paul Tietjens and has been mostly forgotten, although it was still well-remembered and in discussion at MGM in 1939 when the classic film version of the story was made. Although Baum is the credited bookwriter, Glen MacDonough was hired on as jokewriter after Baum had finished the script, and the book was largely ghostwritten by a man named Finnegan. The Wizard of Oz was a 1902 musical extravaganza based on the 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. One of many promotional posters for the show, this one showing the Dance of All Nations Scene.
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