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Home Productions Wizard of Oz, The (1951)

Wizard of Oz, The

Music: Harold Arlen
Lyrics: E. Y. Harburg
Book: L. Frank Baum
Notes: Based on the novel by L. Frank Baum and the classic motion picture. Script and score vary for different productions.
Production Year: 1951
Synopsis:

A little girl from Kansas is transported over the rainbow to the land of Oz, where she makes both friends and enemies in her quest to return back home.

Cast Member

Role

Edwin Steffe
The Cowardly Lion
Dorothy Siegfried
An Old Lady
Harry O. Weber
Mayor of the Munchkins
Jo Sullivan
Dorothy
Van Schnellbacher
A Munchkin Farmer
Gean Greenwell
Uncle Henry/Lord Growlie
Walter Donahue
The Scarecrow
Dianne De Sanctos
Gloria
Patricia Bowman
Sorceress of the North
Larry Brown
A Private
Leonard Elliott
The Tin Woodman
Joe Polinsky
First General
Dean Phillips
Joe
Helen Raymond
Wicked Witch of the West
Muriel O’Malley
Aunt Em/First Witch
Selma Jacobs
Second Witch
Eugene Pellegrini
Tibia
Emile Renan
The Wizard of Oz