Author of Father Goose-His Book; The Wizard of Oz; The Magical Monarch of Mo; The Enchanted Isle of Yew; The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus; Dot and Tot of Merryland etc.
Finally I promised one little girl, who made a long journey to see me and prefer her request, -- and she is a "Dorothy," by the way -- that when a thousand little girls had written me a thousand little letters asking for the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman I would write the book, Either little Dorothy was a fairy in disguise, and waved her magic wand, or the success of the stage production of "The Wizard of OZ" made new friends for the story, For the thousand letters reached their destination long since -- and many more followed them.
In the preface to "Dorothy and
the Wizard of Oz" I said I would like to write some stories that were not "Oz" stories, because I thought I had written about Oz long enough; but since that volume was published I have been fairly deluged with letters from children imploring me to "write more about Dorothy," and "more about Oz," and since I write only to please the children I shall try to respect their wishes.
The Wizard of Oz, who used to be a humbug and knew no magic at all, has been taking lessons of Glinda, and I'm told he is getting to be a pretty good Wizard; but he is merely the assistant of the great Sorceress.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Bert Lahr's Cowardly Lion costume from the classic film "
The Wizard of Oz" has sold for more than $3 million at an auction in New York City.
FOLLOW the yellow brick road over the rainbow to Warwick's Bridge House Theatre where a Rugby theatre company is staging its own version of
The Wizard of Oz. ASH Stage Productions was launched in May last year, offering specialist coaching in musical theatre and performing arts to young performers from Rugby and the surrounding areas.
@RHYLPAVILION @ChrisEdgerley :) @sianybbz Fab show tonight at @RHYLPAVILION still got belly ache from laughing at @ReeceSibbald #WIZARDOFOZ @AntProctor @RHYLPAVILION Thanks for an amazing 3 performances of
The Wizard of Oz. You have a wonderful theatre & audience #lion #roar #putemup @MichelleWeedall Amazing show this afternoon loved wizard of oz.
The Wizard of Oz will be performed at the following times: Thursday, December 12, at 7.30pm; Friday, December 13 at 7.30pm; Saturday, December 14, at 2pm (matinee) and 7.30pm (evening performance) at St Mary's Church Hall in Hobs Moat, Solihull.
Sidney Lumet) and a decade of Wicked on Broadway, and next year marking the seventy-fifth anniversary of
The Wizard of Oz (1939; dir.
Characters from
the Wizard of Oz and the Harry Potter films took to the streets in the special event organised by Durham Business Improvement District (BID).
London, December 26 ( ANI ): Coleen Rooney dressed up as Dorothy from
the Wizard of Oz on Christmas day.
The Entertainers pictured in rehearsal for
the Wizard of Oz. The main players are Kerry Dwyer (Dorothy), Rebecca Mulcahy (Prince Boz of Oz), Debbie Brown (Scarecrow), Peter Janicijevic (Tin Man), Daniel Lewis-Jones (Lion), Allen Stroud (Wizard of Oz), Neil Davey (Wavy Wanda, the dame, dressed in red) and Hilary Williams (Glinda, the dame's sister, dressed in pink).