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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is a 1900 novel by L. Frank Baum, which has been adapted into several different works, the most famous being the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, starring Judy Garland. Many of the adaptations have themselves been adapted for pantomime or amateur productions, for example.
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Film adaptations
- A 1908 multimedia presentation made by L. Frank Baum
- A 1910 film, partly based on the 1902 stage musical, directed by Otis Turner
- A loose 1914 adaptation by L. Frank Baum with so many new ideas that it became the basis for The Scarecrow of Oz
- The Wizard of Oz
- A 1921 film, directed by Ray C. Smallwood, never completed
- A 1925 film, directed by Larry Semon and notable mostly because it features a young Oliver Hardy
- A 1939 musical film by MGM, directed by Victor Fleming and starring Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, and Jack Haley.
- A 1971 Turkish film, directed by Tunç Başaran (known to bootleggers as "The Turkish Wizard of Oz")
- A 1976 Australian rock musical film, also known as 20th Century Oz.
- A 1978 musical film based on the 1975 stage musical, directed by Sidney Lumet and starring Michael Jackson and Diana Ross
- A 1982 anime film by Toho studios, best known for its dubbing cast including Aileen Quinn and Lorne Greene.
- A 1985 film by Walt Disney Pictures, an unofficial sequel to the 1939 film, directed by Walter Murch and starring Fairuza Balk
Television adaptations
- A 1964 animated television special sequel-cum-remake of the 1939 film, based on the artistic renderings of the characters in the 1961 animated series
- The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz no Mahōtsukai)
- The Wonderful Galaxy of Oz (Supēsu Ozu no Bōken)
- A 1990 anime series, involving Dorothy and the gang travelling the "Galaxy of Oz". Truncated to 76 minutes and dubbed for American release as The Wonderful Galaxy of Oz
- A 1996 animated series featuring the children of the original characters
- A 2000 television pilot script, written by Tray Callaway with Tim Burton as executive producer. Key scenes were filmed by Michael Katleman.
- A 2005 television movie, directed by Kirk Thatcher and starring The Muppets and Ashanti
- A 2007 television Mini-Series, directed by Nick Willing and starring Zooey Deschanel, Richard Dreyfuss, Alan Cumming, Raoul Trujillo, Neal McDonough, Kathleen Robertson
Stage adaptations
- A 1902 stage play by L. Frank Baum, Glen MacDonough, Paul Tietjens et al
- The Wizard of Oz
- A 1945 stage play using songs from the 1939 film; adapted by Frank Gabrielson for the St. Louis Municipal Opera[1][2]
- A 1975 musical with music and lyrics by Charlie Smalls, featuring exclusively African American actors
- The Wizard of Oz
- A 1987 adaptation by John Kane for the Royal Shakespeare Company, also based on the 1939 film and hewing more closely to its script than the 1945 version did; this adaptation played in London's West End and starred Imelda Staunton as Dorothy[1][3]
- The Wizard of Oz Live
- A 1989 touring production in celebration of the film's 50th Anniversey. The production featured a pre recorded soundtrack. It toured nationally from 1989 - 1990.
- A 1995 concert performance of the RSC's adaptation at Lincoln Center, featuring celebrity actors (such as Jewel, Roger Daltrey, Joel Grey, Nathan Lane, Deborah Winger, Natalie Cole, and Lucie Arnez )
- The Wizard of Oz on Ice
- A 1995 touring production produced by Kenneth Feld, that toured nationally & internationally around the world until 1999
- The Wizard Of Oz on Tour
- A 1998 touring production that originally played in the Madison Square Garden theatre in May 1997, starring Roseanne Barr as the Wicked Witch. In 1998 it stared Mickey Rooney as the Wizard and Eartha Kitt as the Wicked Witch. The production played at Madison Square Garden in May 1997, 1998 and 1999. The touring production ran from May 1998 - late 1999.
- A 2003 musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, based on Gregory Maguire's 1995 novel
Literary adaptations
Cover of Ozma of Oz
There are 40 "canonical" Oz books, including 14 by Baum, all of which are considered "official" sequels or prequels to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
- A 1992 parallel novel by Geoff Ryman focussing on the lives of disparate individuals linked to one another by The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, and the 1939 film
- A 1995 novel by Gregory Maguire, presenting "The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West". Wicked has two sequels: Son of a Witch (2005) and The Watermark (not yet published)
- Dare, a 2007 novel by BET host Abiola Abrams is a loose adaptation with several references to the tale of Oz. The main character's middle name is Gayle, which was Dorothy's last name, and she is on a journey to find love, courage, and home. A record producer referred to as the wizard is named Ozzie Marvelous, and there is a wicked witch stylist and her "good" sister. The hotel Heretix is on a yellow bricked road and they leave Ohio in a tornado and land in beautiful sunshine the author refers to as Technicolor. There is also a frequent refrain that "no place was home." [4]
- Dorothy of Oz, a modern manhwa remake by Son HeeJoon[5]
The Oz setting has also been adapted in comic book form. Besides direct adaptations of the stories, series using the setting include:
- Oz Squad, which featured an adult Dorothy and her original companions from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz as a covert operations group protecting Oz from threats both within its borders and from the "real world".
- The Oz-Wonderland War, where the people of Oz battle the characters of Lewis Carrol's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass.
Other Adaptations
Screenshot from the 1985 game.
- The Wizard of Oz
- A 1985 text adventure game produced by Windham Classics for Apple II computers
- An upcoming video game for the Nintendo Wii and DS based on the 1939 film
References
- ^ a b Raymond, Kurt. We're Off To Stage The Wizard of Oz. Beyond the Rainbow to Oz website. Retrieved on 2007-07-15.
- ^ Wizard of Oz (R.S.C. 1988). Tams–Witmark Music Library, Inc. (2005). Retrieved on 2007-07-15.
- ^ Wizard of Oz (MUNY 1945). Tams–Witmark Music Library, Inc. (2005). Retrieved on 2007-07-15.
- ^ http://www.amazon.com/Dare-Abiola-Abrams/dp/1416541667
- ^ AnimeOnDVD.com review of Dorothy of Oz
