The Tik-Tok Man of Oz
The Tik-Tok Man of Oz | ||
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A Companion Play to The Wizard of Oz | ||
Book L. Frank Baum | | |
Basis | Ozma of Oz by L. Frank Baum | |
Productions | Oliver Morosco, 1913 Eric Shanower, 2014 |
The Tik-Tok Man of Oz is a
Genesis
The Shubert Organization expressed interest in an extravaganza based on Ozma of Oz in 1909.[2] The play began as a collaboration between Baum and composer
Adaptation
The musical play The Tik-Tok Man of Oz was based on L. Frank Baum's 1907 Oz book Ozma of Oz, which in turn had incorporated material from Baum's unpublished manuscript King Rinkitink. The play incorporated material that Baum also used in his 1908 Oz book Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz. Baum used his characters of the Shaggy Man and Polychrome in both the play and his 1909 Oz book The Road to Oz, which he was working on at the same time. Newspaper accounts indicate that Baum began work on the play in late 1906 or early 1907, but it would take until March 1913 to be produced on stage.
L. Frank Baum based two of his Oz stories, the novel Tik-Tok of Oz and the short story Tiktok and the Nome King, on this play.
In the play,
The play introduces several characters that will be familiar with readers of the novel,
Production
The musical was directed by Frank Stammers, with scenery designed by Robert Brunton.
Oliver Morosco would later cast Charlotte Greenwood, the final Queen Ann, in So Long Letty, a role he had commissioned for her that would make her a star. The Oz Scrapbook erroneously captions Josie Intropidi as Queen Ann with Charlotte Greenwood's name.[8]
Revivals
An early draft of Ozma of Oz, provided by Michael Patrick Hearn, has been performed in readings at conventions of The International Wizard of Oz Club. It was performed with the Gottschalk songs (Klein was still assigned to the project when it had this title, but it is not known what, if anything, he composed) at the Ozmopolitan Convention (Holland, Michigan) in 1982 and the Munchkin (Wilmington, Delaware) and Winkie (Pacific Grove, California) Conventions in 1984. This production premiered at the Castle Club Theatre, June 19, 1982, and starred Marc Lewis as Tik-Tok and Ruggedo, John Fricke as Private Files, Rob Roy MacVeigh as The Shaggy Man, and Robin Olderman as Betsy, Polychrome, Ozma, and Queen Ann. For the 1984 performances, Jeryl Metz joined the cast to play Polychrome and Dick Martin provided the promotional artwork.
A fully staged revival prepared by Eric Shanower from the surviving portions of The Tik-Tok Man of Oz script supplemented by the earlier Ozma of Oz draft was performed on August 9, 2014, at Winkie Con 50 in San Diego, California. All nineteen of the surviving musical pieces were heard, along with commercially released "Selections" and music provided by Louis F. Gottschalk's daughter Gloria Gottschalk Morgan. Chrissy Burns directed a cast of nineteen, Joseph Grienenberger music directed, Jennifer Solomon-Rubio choreographed, Christopher Boltz designed the lighting, and David Maxine and Eric Shanower co-designed sets and costumes. [9]
Eric Shanower who prepared the 2014 revival wrote and published All Wound Up: The Making of The Tik-Tok Man of Oz in 2023 after 9 years of research on the show.
Plot
The plot, similar to the novel Tik-Tok of Oz, but lacking Quox and the journey to the kingdom of Tititi-Hoochoo, deals with the Shaggy Man's attempt to rescue his brother, Wiggy (unnamed in the novel),
Cast
- Tik-Tok—James C. Morton
- Shaggy Man—Frank Moore
- Betsy Bobbin—Lenora Novasio
- Hank the Mule—Fred Woodward
- Queen Ann Soforth—Josie Intropidi (later replaced with Charlotte Greenwood)
- Private Files—Charles Purcell and then with Sydney Grant)
- Ozma—Vera Doria (later replaced with Adele Rowland, Ilon Bergere, Beatriz Michelena, and Gipsy Dale)
- Ruggedo—Eugene Cowles (later replaced with John Dunsmure)
- The Shaggy Man's brother—Thomas Meegan
Harry Kelly, who had previously turned down the title role in The Woggle-Bug, and Joe Whitehead replaced Morton and Moore in the leads while they vacationed.[15]
Songs
All songs are written by Baum and Gottschalk unless otherwise specified. Fourteen of the Baum/Gottschalk collaborations and three of the Morosco/Schertzinger collaborations survive. At least twelve musical numbers are lost.
- Prelude – “A Storm at Sea” – Dance of Waves
- “An Apple’s the Cause of It All” – Shaggy Man
- “The Magnet of Love” – Betsy
- “Oh! My Bow” with Dance of the Rainbows – Polychrome with Rainbow Girls
- “I Want to Be Somebody’s Girlie” – Polychrome * (Victor Schertzinger and Oliver Morosco)
- “The Clockwork Man” – Tik-Tok, Betsy, Shaggy
- “The Army of Oogaboo” – Queen Ann, Files, and the Army of Oogaboo
- “There’s a Mate in This Big World for You” – Ozma * (Victor Schertzinger and Oliver Morosco)
- “Ask the Flowers to Tell You” – Ozma and Files
- “Dear Old Hank” – Betsy
- “Act One Finale” – Principals and Field Flowers
- “Imps March” – Dance of Metal Imps
- “Work, Lads, Work” – Ruggedo with Metal Imps
- “When in Trouble Come to Papa” – Ruggedo and Polychrome
- “Fight for Oogaboo” – Ann and Officers of the Army of Oogaboo
- “Rainbow Bride” – Polychrome with Ruggedo, Ann, Shaggy, Betsy, and Tik-Tok
- “My Wonderful Dream Girl” – Files * (Victor Schertzinger and Oliver Morosco)
- “Folly!” – Tik-Tok, Betsy, and Shaggy
- “Oh! Take Me” – Ozma and Files * (Victor Schertzinger and Oliver Morosco)
- “Just for Fun” – Ozma and Files
- “Forgotten” – Ruggedo * (Eugene Cowles and Flora Wulschner)
- “So Do I!” – Tik-Tok and Ruggedo
- “One! Two! Three! All Over” – Shaggy, Tik-Tok, and Ruggedo * (Safford Waters and Paul West)
- “The Waltz Scream” – Ann and Shaggy
- “The Magnet of Love” (Chorus) Reprise – All
Songs added throughout the tour are denoted by *
Two player piano rolls of suites and vintage recordings of "Ask the Flowers to Tell You" and "My Wonderful Dream Girl" can be found on Disc 2 of David Maxine's collection of Vintage Recordings from the 1903 Musical The Wizard of Oz (2003), while James Patrick Doyle performs a suite of many of the songs on synthesizer in his collection Before the Rainbow: The Original Music of Oz (1999), both released by Hungry Tiger Press.
See also
- The Wizard of Oz (adaptations)
References
- ^ "Tik Tok To Tick Tonight," Los Angeles Times (Mar. 31, 1913), p. III1.
- ^ Michael Patrick Hearn. "Baum's Mystic Shrines of Pretty Fancy: Amy Leslie's Reviews of Oz Part III." The Baum Bugle 39:1 (Spring 1995) pp. 8-11, 9
- ^ Michael Patrick Hearn. The Annotated Wizard of Oz. W.W. Norton, 2000., p. 388-389
- ^ Fraser A. Sherman. The Wizard of Oz Catalog. McFarland, 2005. p. 70)
- ^ Hector Alliot, "Tik Tok Man Quaint Whimsical Diversion," Los Angeles Times (Apr. 1, 1913), p. III1.
- ^ "Los Angeles Plays 'Dog,'" Portland [OR] Oregonian (April 1, 1913), page 10; "'Tik-Tok Man' Delights," Los Angeles Express (April 1, 1913), page 4; "Los Angeles Sees New Play," Seattle Daily Times (April 1, 1913).
- ^ Michael Patrick Hearn The Annotated Wizard of Oz. W.W. Norton, 2000, pp. lxxv-lxxvi.)
- ^ David L. Greene and Dick Martin. The Oz Scrapbook. Random House, 1977.
- ^ Tik-Tok Lives!, September 4, 2014, The Tik-Tok Man of Oz
- ^ Dick Martin. "Dramatic Influence on Oz." The Baum Bugle 6:2 (August 1962), 5-8. p. 6
- ^ Dolly Castles, soprano: Bendigo girl makes good overseas, Australian Postal History, ...She was born in Bendigo in 1884, she...made her way to America where she appeared as the principal soprano in the first production of the musical The Tik-Tok Man of Oz,...which was shown in Los Angeles on 31 March 1913. She retired from the stage after World War 1, and died in 1971...
- ^ "Miss Dolly Castles. A Chatty Interview". The Critic. Vol. VIII, no. 412. South Australia. 30 August 1905. p. 17. Retrieved 13 June 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Format: Postcard, photo mechanical print". 19 December 2012.
- ^ Her sister Amy Eliza Castles
- ^ Hearn 1995, p. 11
External links
- Ozma of Oz Draft Script
- Brian De Lorenzo performs "My Wonderful Dream Girl"
- James Patrick Doyle performs "March of the Golden Imps" (Act II instrumental)
- MIDI recording of "The Clockwork Man"
- MIDI recording of "An Apple's the Cause of It All"