The Wizard of Oz (1902 musical)


The Wizard of Oz was a 1902 musical extravaganza based on the 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum. Although Baum is the credited book writer, Glen MacDonough was hired on as ghostwriter after Baum had finished the script. Much of the original music was by Paul Tietjens, some of which has been lost, although it was still well-remembered and in discussion at MGM in 1939 when the [The Wizard of Oz (character)|Wizard of Oz (1939 film)|classic film version of the story] was made. The original show was particularly popular because of its two comedy stars: Fred Stone playing the Scarecrow, and David C. Montgomery as the Tin Woodman.
The show premiered at the Chicago Grand Opera House on June 16, 1902, and 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. 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". 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.
The two companies toured the country from August 1904 to April 1905, and again from September 1905 to May 1906. By this time, demand had slowed, and the second company was disbanded on February 28, 1906. The main "Company A" had one final tour from August to November 1906 before the rights were sold to Hurtig and Seamon. The new production resumed the tour through May 1907, and continued for the 1907–08 and 1908–09 seasons. Finally, the show was released to stock theater companies in 1911.
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.

Characters and original cast

In order of appearance, the 1902 Chicago cast consisted of:
Role and comments from programCast member
Dorothy Gale, a Kansas girlAnna Laughlin
Imogene, Dorothy's CowEdwin J. Stone
Cynthia Cynch, the Lady LunaticHelen Byron
The Witch of the North, a friend in needAileen May
Sir Dashemoff Daily, Poet LaureateBessie Wynn
The Army of PastoriaJoseph Schrode
Pastoria II, Ex-King of the Emerald CityNeil McNeil
Tryxie Tryfle, prospective Queen of the Emerald CityMabel Barrison
Brigadier General Riskitt, commanding Pastoria's ArmyHarold Morey
The Scarecrow, looking for brainsFred Stone
The Cowardly LionArthur Hill
Nick Chopper, the Tin Woodman, in search of a heartDavid C. Montgomery
Private Gruph, the Guardian of the GateHarold Morey
The Soldier with the Green WhiskersJoseph Schrode
Sir Wiley Gyle, an Inventor who scorns all magical artsStephen Maley
Oz, the Wonderful Wizard, Ruler of the Emerald CityJohn Slavin

There were several major character changes from the original book:
  • Dorothy Gale's surname was introduced in the show. She had no name in the original book, but the surname is mentioned in Ozma of Oz.
  • Imogene the Cow replaces Dorothy's dog Toto.
  • 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.
  • The role of the Cowardly Lion was reduced to a bit part, mostly to add humor.
  • The Tin Woodman is called Niccolo Chopper. In the book he had no name, but would be called Nick Chopper in the sequels.
  • The Wicked Witch of the West is mentioned but does not appear in this version.
  • New characters in the piece are King Pastoria II and his girlfriend Trixie Tryfle, Cynthia Cynch, Niccolo's love interest; Sir Dashemoff Daily, Dorothy's love interest; Sir Wiley Gyle, and General Riskitt.

Plot

The main plot of the show, as recounted in newspapers of the time, is Pastoria's attempts to regain the throne from the Wizard of Oz. The original protagonists' search for the Wizard puts them on the wrong side of the law. Synopsis by David Maxine

Act One: The Storm

The show opens on a Kansas farm from which Dorothy and her pet calf Imogene are blown to the Land of Oz by a tornado. Dorothy's farmhouse lands on a Wicked Witch, and the Munchkins proclaim Dorothy their heroine for setting them free. Dorothy wants to go home to Kansas. The Good Witch of the North gives Dorothy a Ruby Ring and tells her to go to the Emerald City to ask the Wizard of Oz to send her back to Kansas. Dorothy also gets a love interest when Sir Dashemoff Daily, the poet laureate of Oz, falls in love with her.
Now, it so happens that a Kansas streetcar conductor named Pastoria, along with Tryxie Tryfle, his waitress-girlfriend, has been blown to Oz in the same tornado. To make matters more complicated, it turns out that Pastoria is the former King of Oz, having been ousted by the Wizard. Pastoria determines to regain his throne. Another new character is an Ophelia-like lady lunatic named Cynthia Cynch. She has gone "mad" searching for her long-lost lover, Niccolo Chopper.
Dorothy and her pet calf proceed on their journey and meet the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman. Dorothy with her friends and Pastoria with his entourage all stumble into a deadly Poppy Field where they nearly perish from the poisonous breath of the flowers. Everyone is saved by the Witch of the North, who creates a summer snowstorm to break the spell of the poppies.

Act Two: The Emerald City

Dorothy and her friends arrive in the Emerald City where the Wizard grants brains to the Scarecrow and a heart to the Tin Woodman. To celebrate, the Wizard announces a "Ball of All Nations" in which everybody gets to sing a topical song of ethnic origin. Pastoria arrives in the Emerald City, breaks up with Tryxie Tryfle, and stages a coup in which the Wizard of Oz is arrested. Dorothy and her pals are declared enemies of the state and they run for their lives as Pastoria regains the throne of Oz.

Act Three: The Borderland

In hiding and in disguise, Dorothy and company flee the Emerald City. They encounter Cynthia Cynch who is delighted to have found her missing tin lover. But alas, Dorothy, the Scarecrow, and Tin Woodman are eventually captured by Pastoria's henchmen and sentenced to death. Just as they are about to be executed, Dorothy calls on the Witch of the North, who magically appears and sets everyone free.

Conception and script

L. Frank Baum decided to collaborate with his friend, composer Paul Tietjens, and The Wonderful Wizard of Oz illustrator W. W. Denslow as set and costume designer, to bring the book to the stage. They completed a script, score and designs in 1901, hewing fairly close to the novel. They submitted the package to the manager of the Chicago Grand Opera House, Fred R. Hamlin, who liked it and approached Julian Mitchell to be director.
Mitchell did not like the script, criticizing its lack of spectacle, calling it too subdued and small-scale. However, he sent a wire to Hamlin with the message "Can see possibilities for extravaganza". When Mitchell accepted the project, he brought in new songwriters, cutting some of the original Tietjens numbers. He rewrote the script, together with Glen MacDonough, introducing new characters and incidents, reducing the Cowardly Lion's role, deleting the appearance of the Wicked Witch of the West entirely, and substituting a cow for Toto as Dorothy's companion. Baum was anxious about this, but went along. He hoped Mitchell's experience in directing, as well as the casting of comedy team Fred Stone and David C. Montgomery as the Scarecrow and Tin Woodman, would make the show a hit. It turned out to be a roaring success, with 293 performances.

Original production

In rewriting Baum's 1901 script, Mitchell hired MacDonough to add topical humor. Baum described MacDonough as a New York joke writer in a letter to The Chicago Record-Herald, responding to criticism that the show "teemed with wild and woolly western puns and forced gags". In a letter to The Chicago Tribune published June 26, 1904, Baum decried rumors that he was "heartbroken and ashamed" with the final product of the musical: "I acknowledge that I was unwise enough to express myself as dissatisfied with the handling of my play on its first production... few authors of successful books are ever fully satisfied with the dramatization of their work. They discern great gaps in the original story that are probably never noticed by playgoers." He admitted to protesting several innovations, but ultimately concluded: "The people will have what pleases them, and not what the author happens to favor, and I believe that one of the reasons why Julian Mitchell is regarded as a great producer is that he faithfully tries to serve the great mass of playgoers – and usually succeeds."
Most of the original songs were written by Paul Tietjens on Baum's lyrics, except for three: "The Guardian of the Gate", which was cut after only a few performances, "The Different Ways of Making Love" and "It Happens Every Day" were composed by Nathaniel D. Mann. Mann later wrote the score for Baum's 1908 film/theatrical presentation, The Fairylogue and Radio-Plays. Most of Baum's songs related to the story in some way, as in operetta, but as performed, the play was more like vaudeville, and new songs by other songwriters were frequently substituted. In fact, the first song interpolated into the musical was "The Traveler and the Pie", a major number for the Scarecrow. Baum and Tietjens had written it for a play called The Octopus; or the Title Trust, which was never produced and possibly never completed. The song stayed in the show. James O'Dea and Edward Hutchinson wrote one of the show's most celebrated songs, "Sammy", in which Tryxie Tryfle sings of a lost love before King Pastoria, though the only surviving recording of the piece was sung by a man.
The witches are largely absent in this version; The Good Witch of the North appears, named Locusta, and The Wicked Witch of the East is a special effect. Toto, Dorothy's dog, was replaced by a cow named Imogene. The Wicked Witch of the West does not appear, but she is mentioned, and Glinda the Good Witch of the South, who had appeared only in Act Three, was written out by Mitchell in 1903. His re-write of that act was set in the Borderland that divides Oz and Glinda's Domain, as Dorothy and her friends try to escape Pastoria.
New characters include King Pastoria II, Oz's true king working as a Kansas motorman and his girlfriend, Trixie Tryfle, a waitress. There is also Cynthia Cynch, the Lady Lunatic, a prototype for Nimmie Amee, Nick Chopper's girlfriend. Niccolo Chopper is renowned for his ability on the piccolo, the subject of one of her songs, and he is shown playing a piccolo in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the first Oz film made without Baum's input, which was highly influenced by the popular play. The Wizard was presented as various ethnic stock character stereotypes, depending upon who played him. He was assisted by Sir Wiley Gyle and General Riskitt. David L. Greene and Dick Martin erroneously captioned a picture of General Riskitt as "Sir Wiley Gyle" in The Oz Scrapbook, and Donald Abbott carried this mistake over into his illustrations for How the Wizard Saved Oz.
The animals in the play, including the Cowardly Lion, did not speak, following the pantomime tradition. Although the lion costume was realistic, far more so than Bert Lahr's in the MGM film, his main purpose was a bit of comic relief and scaring off the villains on occasion. His quest for courage is completely omitted, much as the other characters' quests are deemphasized in favor of various comic routines. Ultimately, though, their desire to seek the Wizard's aid gets them caught on the wrong side of the revolution, jailed and ultimately scheduled for execution. In a deus ex machina, another tornado arrives to sweep Dorothy home from the chopping block.
Many new plot twists are virtually pointless. In addition to a kiss of protection, Dorothy gets three wishes, one of which is wasted on a triviality. The second is used to bring the Scarecrow to life, and the third is used so she can learn the song Sir Dashemoff Daily has written to his girlfriend, Carrie Barry. This song was written by Baum and Tietjens, but some programs credited the song to Glen MacDonough and A. Baldwin Sloane to make their connection to the play look greater.
Probably the biggest influence on the 1939 MGM film, aside from making the story into a musical, is the field of poppies sequence that ended Act I. In the novel, Baum imaginatively has a legion of field mice pull a cart with the Cowardly Lion out of the poppy field. This was deemed unfeasible, and Baum, though he included it in the 1901 script, replaced the scene with that of the Snow Queen creating a storm that destroys the poppies, much as Glinda does in the 1939 movie. This concluded Act I with an elaborate dance known as "Winter Jubilation", which James Patrick Doyle plays on synthesizers on the album, Before the Rainbow: The Original Music of Oz.
Because there were no cast recordings until the late 1920s, theatre productions, including this production, often exceeded four hours in length because of multiple demands for encores, since many of the attendees knew they would never get to attend again. The most popular songs were often sung multiple times and this was often used to gauge whether a song should be retained or dropped. Two popular routines that were worked in include a sailing routine and a football routine, the latter parodying the level of violence in the sport, which had recently been lessened due to new regulations.

Preparing for Broadway - The 1902 Midwest tour

After its successful summer run in Chicago, the show went on tour throughout the Midwest. This not only gave the cast more experience and increased publicity, but also provided a chance to make some adjustments to the show before it headed to Broadway. There were only a few cast changes in August prior to the tour: Carlton King and Grace Kimball took over the roles of Pastoria and Tryxie Tryfle, and Bobby Gaylor became the Wizard of Oz. Montgomery and Stone, who had been key to the success of the show as the Tin Woodman and Scarecrow, received five-year contracts.

Success on Broadway, 1903 to 1904

The Wizard of Oz opened at the Majestic Theatre on Broadway on January 21, 1903 and ran through October 3rd. Due to its success, a touring company was created and began its tour on September 7, 1903 at the Montauk Theater in Brooklyn, NY. Several of the Broadway stars were part of that opening show, while their touring counterparts performed as understudies in New York City. They were joined on the tour circuit by the Broadway company on October 5, 1903. Both companies toured through March 1904, when Company A returned to the Majestic for another engagement through the end of April, with a revised show billed as the "Edition De Luxe" that included many new musical numbers.
The show changed venues to the New York Theatre for a short run on May 2-21, 1904, and then returned to Chicago's Grand Opera House for a triumphant revival in its home city from May 23 - July 9, 1904.
The major characters continued to be played by Fred Stone, David Montgomery, and Anna Laughlin, while new performers took over other roles over the years.
RoleBroadway 19031903-1904
Touring Co A
1903-1904
Touring Co 2
Broadway / Chicago
spring/summer 1904
The ScarecrowFred StoneFred StoneBert SworFred Stone
The Tin WoodmanDavid C. MontgomeryDavid C. MontgomeryJohn SworDavid C. Montgomery
Dorothy GaleAnna LaughlinAnna LaughlinIsabelle D'ArmondAnna Laughlin
PastoriaGilbert Clayton
Owen Westford
Owen WestfordArthur Larkin??
Tryxie TryfleGrace Kimball
Lotta Faust
Lotta FaustMadge Ryan
Carolyn Huestice
Lotta Faust
The Wizard of OzBobby Gaylor
James Wesley
James WesleyDaniel Barrett
William Barry
Charles Swain
Sir Dashemoff Daily
Bessie Wynn
Edith Yerrington
Gertrude MacKenzie
Gertrude MacKenzieMildred EiaineMay De Sousa
Cynthia CynchHelen Byron
Jeannette Lowrie
Allene Crater
Allene CraterMay TaylorAllene Crater
The Witch of the NorthEdith HutchinsEdith Hutchins??Albertine Benson
ImogeneEdwin J. Stone
Joseph Schrode
Joseph SchrodeL. J. WyckoffJoseph Schrode
The Cowardly LionArthur HillArthur HillC. Ray WallaceArthur Hill
Sir Wiley GyleStephen MaleyStephen Maley??Stephen Maley

National touring companies, 1904 to 1906

Starting in August 1904 both the "A" and "2" companies were touring full time, although they did return to New York's Academy of Music at 14th and Irving Place for the Holiday season. Company A tended to have week-long engagements in large cities, while Company 2 tended to have 1-3 day engagements in smaller cities and towns. As interest in the show slowly began to wane, both companies took an extended summer break from April -September 1905. By 1906, two companies were no longer required and Company 2 disbanded on February 28, 1906. Montgomery and Stone announced that they were moving on to other work at the end of the season. Although Company A resumed touring in August, by November the Producer felt the show had run its course and put it up the rights for auction after the November 9, 1906 performance. The highest bidder was Hurtig & Seamon.
Performers changed more frequently during this period, sometimes multiple times in a single season, as shown in the table below. In a few cases, the performers names are not yet identified.
Role1904–1905
Touring Co A
1904–1905
Touring Co 2
1905–1906
Touring Co A
Touring Co 2
1905–1906
Touring Co 2
Aug – Nov 1906
Touring Co A
The ScarecrowFred StoneBert SworFred StoneBert SworGeorge Stone
The Tin WoodmanDavid C. MontgomeryJohn SworDavid C. MontgomeryJohn SworFred Nice
Dorothy GaleAnna LaughlinBlanche Powell ToddMabel Barrison
Netta Vesta
Mona Desmond
Blanche Powell ToddAnna Wilks
Pastoria??Lute VhromanCharles E. MitchellLute Vhroman??
Tryxie TryfleVirginia LevickFlorence Lee
Florence Sinnot
Marion StanleyMildred LeeNellie Nice
The Wizard of Oz??John MayerJames WesleyDaniel BarrettCharles E. Mitchell?
Sir Dashemoff Daily
??Mildred ElaineVirginia Foltz
Helena May
??Ethel Green
Cynthia CynchAllene CraterMay TaylorAllene CraterEulalie JensenRosa Gore
The Witch of the NorthAlbertine Benson??Lenore Stevens
Therese Von Brune
Vera StaceyFrances Lears
ImogeneJoseph SchrodeL. J. WyckoffJoseph SchrodeFred WoodwardJoseph Schrode
The Cowardly LionArthur HillFred WoodwardGeorge RamsaJoe A West??
Sir Wiley GyleStephen Maley??George B. Field????

The final years, 1906 to 1909

The Hurtig & Seamon show started its tour almost immediately, with the first show starting in New York City on December 9, 1906 at the Yorkville Theater. Although little information for this partial season is available, it seems that much of the cast would have been retained due to the limited preparation time. One exception was that the role of Dorothy was taken over by Minerva Coverdale. The show continued to tour under the new management for another two seasons before finally closing for good in February, 1909.
Role1906–1907
Hurtig & Seamon
1907–1908
Hurtig & Seamon
1908–1909
Hurtig & Seamon
The ScarecrowGeorge StoneGeorge StoneGeorge Stone
The Tin WoodmanFred Nice
Irving Christian
Frank Wilkins
Charles Wilkins
William Baker
Dorothy GaleMinerva CoverdaleMinerva CoverdaleBeatrice Turner
Pastoria??James Wilson??
Tryxie Tryfle??Gertrude BartholdGertrude Barthold
The Wizard of Oz??Willam BarryJames Wesley
Sir Dashemoff Daily
??Hattie Simms McCarthyEdith Millward
Cynthia Cynch??Lillian English
Mildred Barry
Zoa Mathews
The Witch of the North??Myrtle OwensJesse Willard
ImogeneJoseph SchrodeJoseph SchrodeJoseph Schrode
The Cowardly Lion??Robert BurnsRobert Burns
Sir Wiley Gyle??????

Reception

The critic of The New York Times described the show as "the Darling of Mr. Belasco's Gods". Leone Langdon-Key loved the scenery, but found Baum's script commonplace, commenting that many lines start with, "Well, wouldn't that..." and deplored Tietjens's "fondness for a lack of contrast and rhythms".
Grand Duke Boris Vladimirovich of Russia gained considerable notoriety by drinking champagne from the satin slipper of one of the chorus girls during a 1902 trip to Chicago.

Sequel

The success of the play led Baum to write The Marvelous Land of Oz after four years of demand for a sequel to the novel. He dedicated the book to Montgomery and Stone, and made the roles of the Scarecrow and Tin Woodman prominent, with the roles of Dorothy and the Cowardly Lion reduced to a reminiscence. After the team balked at leaving Wizard for a sequel, Baum wrote the stage musical, The Woggle-Bug, eliminating the Tin Woodman, replacing the Scarecrow with Regent Sir Richard Spud, replacing Glinda with Maetta from The Magical Monarch of Mo and renaming the Emerald City the "City of Jewels", though Oz is mentioned several times. The first appearance of the title character was moved from halfway through the novel to the opening scene, and his mentor, Professor Knowitall, name shortened to Professor Knowitt, was raised to the level of romantic lead with a girlfriend named Prissy Pring, a Captain in General Jinjur's Army of Revolt. Jack Pumpkinhead and The Woggle-Bug became a comic team analogous to the Scarecrow and Tin Woodman. The play was performed at the Garrick Theater in Chicago and opened to reviews panning Baum's script and praising the score by Frederic Chapin. No songs were interpolated, but the general consensus was that the play was a cash-in or rip-off of The Wizard of Oz rather than a sequel.

Post-World War II revivals

In 1945, Milwaukee Civic Light Opera Company produced the Witmark rental version which includes Harburg/Arlen songs from the 1939 MGM movie.
In 1946, the Witmark rental version was produced by Milwaukee Civic Light Opera Company & John McCormick's company which incorporates elements and songs of the 1939 MGM movie version.
In 1949 the Denis DuFor for the Louisville Park Theatrical Association produced the Muny version of Oz and included songs from the 1902 musical.
In 1952, at the State Fair Auditorium in Texas, a version was produced with music by Tietjens, Sloane, Arlen, Harburg, and Gabrielson.
Loretto Academy produced the show in 1952 with songs from the MGM movie.
The musical was performed in a concert version in New York City's Alma Gluck Recital Hall in May 1982 by the New Amsterdam Theatre Company.
It was revived in Tarpon Springs, Florida by the New Century Opera Company in 1998, 2006, and 2007. The version was adapted by Constantine Grame who is now the Executive & Artistic Director at New Century Opera Company.
The Canton Comic Opera Company, a community theatre company in Canton, Ohio, performed a version in July 2010. It was done with a 28-piece orchestra and a cast of 50. It was adapted, directed, and conducted by Joseph N. Rubin.
In 2016 a Swedish production was produced called "Trollkarlen av Oz" and adapted and directed by Dick Lundberg, who also played the Scarecrow and Sir Wiley Gyle.
In August 2023 Offsite Connecticut Theatre produced a fully costumed staged reading of the show. T. Craft adapted and directed the show. She also starred as Dorothy, Trixie, and some chorus roles.
Another concert version was performed by Offsite Connecticut Theatre in January 2025.

Music

The following table lists all musical numbers included over the years in the 1902 Wizard of Oz production. Most of this information is found in the book Oz before the Rainbow, by Mark Evan Swartz. This and other references are provided citations in the column header, and then simply named in the individual rows. Some of the music was known even beyond the United States. During the Baums' 1906 stay at Shepheard's Hotel in Cairo, Egypt, a Hungarian Gypsy Band played songs from the musical in their honor.
Much of what is known has come from surviving scripts and show programs which are not comprehensive, resulting in gaps. In particular, the musical numbers from 1906 - 1909 are not well documented.
IndexActTitleLyricistComposerCharacterDatesNotesSheet music
publisher/date
References
Swartz
1902 program
1903 script
Recording
01.11Instrumental Introduction:
Prelude
N/APaul TietjensN/A1902 - 19091902 program
01.21Overture N/APaul TietjensN/A1909 -Tietjens Instrumentals: Opening Prayer ; Phantom Patrol; Just a Simple Girl From the Prairie; Poppy Song; Love is Love; When We Get What's A'Coming to Us; The Traveler and the Pie; When You Love, Love, Love; Rejoice, The Wizard is No Longer King.M. Witmark & Sons Swartz
021Instrumental Introduction:
Life in Kansas
N/APaul TietjensDorothy
Chorus
1902 - 19091902 Program, Swartz
031Instrumental Introduction:
Cyclone
N/APaul TietjensChorus1902 - 19091902 Program, Swartz
041Instrumental Introduction:
Transformation
N/APaul TietjensN/A1902 - 19091902 Program; Recording
051Instrumental Introduction:
Maypole Dance
N/APaul TietjensChorus1902 - 1909Cut for the Jan 1903 New York opening1902 Program, 1903 Script, Swartz
061Instrumental Introduction:
Death of the Wicked Witch
N/APaul TietjensChorus1902 - 19091902 Program
071Instrumental Introduction:
Locusta's Entrance
N/APaul TietjensLocusta
Chorus
1902 - 19091902 Program
081Niccolo's PiccoloL. Frank Baum
Glen MacDonough
Paul Tietjens
A. Baldwin Sloane
Cynthia1902 - 1906+Publisher? 1902 Program, 1903 Script, Swartz
09.11In MichiganGlen MacDonoughA. Baldwin SloanePastoria
Chorus
1902 - 1904Replaced for the Mar 1904 Edition De Luxe1902 Program, 1903 Script, Swartz
09.21The Tale of a CassowaryWill D. CobbGus EdwardsCynthia1904 - 1905Added for the Mar 1904 Edition De Luxe
Replaced for the 1905 touring season
Shapiro, Remick, and Co. Swartz
09.31The Tale of a MonkeyVincent P. BryanLeo EdwardsCynthia1905 - 1906Added for the 1905 touring seasonSwartz
09.41The Bullfrog and the CoonFelix F. FeistJoseph S. NathanCynthia1905 - 1906Leo Feist Recording
09.51PocahontasVincent P. BryanGus EdwardsCynthia1907 - 1908Recording
10.11The Man Who Stays in TownGlen MacDonoughA. Baldwin SloanePastoria
Tryxie
1902Cut in the show's third week to reduce length of show
Swartz
10.21When the Circus Comes to TownRobert J. AdamsJames O'DeaPastoria
Tryxie
1903 - 1904Added for the Jan 1903 New York openingSol Bloom 1903 Script, Swartz
10.31Daisy DonahueRobert J. AdamsJames O'DeaPastoria
Tryxie
1903 - 1904Replaced for the Mar 1904 Edition De LuxeRecording
10.41Down on the BrandywineVincent P. BryanJ. B. MullenPastoria
Tryxie
1904 - 1906Added for the Mar 1904 Edition De LuxeShapiro, Remick, and Co. Swartz; Recording
11.11Carrie Barry L. Frank BaumPaul Tietjens
A. Baldwin Sloane
Dorothy
Chorus
1902 - 19061902 Program, 1903 Script, Swartz
11.21Come Take a Skate With MeR. A. BrowneGus EdwardsDorothy1907 - 1908Originally sung in His Honor, the Mayor Recording
121Alas for the Man Without Brains
L. Frank BaumPaul TietjensScarecrow1902 - 1906M. Witmark & Sons 1902 Program, 1903 Script, Swartz
13.11Love is Love
L. Frank BaumPaul TietjensSir Daily1902Replaced in Aug 1902M. Witmark & Sons 1902 Program, Swartz; Recording
13.21As Long as There's Love in the WorldVincent P. Bryan?
James O'Dea?
Leo Edwards?
Edward Hutchinson?
Sir Daily1902Starting Aug 1902, replaced for the Jan 1903 New York opening
13.31That is Love
Maurice SteinbergMaurice SteinbergSir Daily1903 - 1906Added for the Jan 1903 New York opening.
Except May - Jul 1904
"Songs Sung in Hamlin and Mitchell's Musical Extravaganza The Wizard of Oz" M. Witmark & Sons 1903 Script, Swartz
13.41Only YouFrank KeeseeCharles A. ZimmermannSir Daily1904May - Jul 1904Leo Feist Swartz
13.51I Love You All the TimeWill R. AndersonWill R. AndersonSir Daily1903 - 1904?By Dec 1904Swartz; Recording
14.11Mary CanaryEdward P. MoranSeymour FurthSir Daily1904Added for the Mar 1904 Edition De Luxe
Replaced May 1904
Swartz
14.21When the Heart is SadHollisterCharles A. ZimmermannSir Daily1904 - 1905May - Sep 1904Swartz
14.31The Moon Has His Eyes on YouBilly JohnsonAlbert Von TilzerSir Daily1904 - 1906Starting Sep 1904Recording
15.11When You Love, Love, LoveL. Frank BaumPaul TietjensScarecrow
Tin Man
Dorothy
1902 - 1906M. Witmark & Sons
"Songs Sung in Hamlin and Mitchell's Musical Extravaganza The Wizard of Oz" M. Witmark & Sons
1902 Program; 1903 Script; Swartz; Recording
15.21When You Love, Love Love
N/APaul TietjensScarecrow
Tin Man
Dorothy
1902 - 1904?M. Witmark & Sons 1902 Program
161Poppy Song
L. Frank BaumPaul TietjensChorus1902 - 1906M. Witmark & Sons
"Songs Sung in Hamlin and Mitchell's Musical Extravaganza The Wizard of Oz" M. Witmark & Sons
1902 Program; 1903 Script; Swartz; Recording
171Act 1 Finale:
Invocation and Death of Poppies
N/APaul TietjensEnsamble19021902 Program
181Act 1 Finale:
Transformation
N/APaul TietjensEnsamble19021902 Program
191Act 1 Finale:
Winter Jubilation
N/APaul TietjensEnsamble1902 - 1906?1902 Program
202The Guardian of the GateL. Frank BaumPaul TietjensPrivate Gruph1902Cut in the show's first week to reduce length of showM. Witmark & Sons Swartz
212Hayfoot, StrawfootN/APaul TietjensChorus19021902 Program, Swartz
222When We Get What's A'Coming to UsL. Frank BaumPaul TietjensScarecrow
Tin Man
Dorothy
1902M. Witmark & Sons 1902 Program; Swartz; Recording
232The Phantom PatrolN/APaul TietjensChorus1902 - 1906M. Witmark & Sons Swartz; Recording
24.12Mr DooleyWilliam JeromeJean SchwartzWizard1902Originally sung in A Chinese Honeymoon Shapiro, Bernstein & Von Tilzer 1902 Program; Swartz; Recording
24.22On a Pay Night EveningJohn W. WestBruno SchilinskiWizard
Chorus
1903, 1904Replaced in Jan 1904, but reinstated Jun 19041903 Script; Swartz
24.32The Tale of a Shirt W. W. BrackettLottie L. MedaWizard1904Added Jan 1904, Replaced Jun 1904M. Witmark & Sons Swartz
24.42Mrs. O'HarahanHarold AtteridgeBert PetersWizard1905 - 1906Victor Kremer Co
24.52Julie DooleyFrank R. Adams
Will M. Hough
Joseph E. HowardWizard1905 - 1906Originally sung in His Highness the Bey
Added for the 1905 touring season
Swartz; Recording
24.62Meet Me Down At the CornerWill D. CobbHarry HoytWizard1907?Recording
24.72Budweiser's a Friend of MineVincent P. BryanSeymour FurthWizardc. 1908Originally sung in Ziegfeld Follies of 1907Recording
25.12The Witch Behind the MoonCharles AlbertLouis WeslynCynthia
Chorus
1902 - 1903M. Witmark & Sons 1902 Program; Swartz; Recording
25.22There's a Lot of Things You Never Learn in SchoolEd GardenierEdwin S. BrillCynthia1903 - 1904Doty & Brill Recording
25.32Twas Enough to Make a Perfect Lady MadVincent P. BryanJ. B. MullenCynthia1904 - 1906Shapiro, Remick, and Co.
262The Different Ways of Making LoveL. Frank BaumNathaniel D. MannDorothy
Cynthia
1902Cut in June 1902M. Witmark & Sons Swartz
27.12SammyJames O'DeaEdward HutchinsonTryxie1902 - 1905Sol Bloom
"Songs Sung in Hamlin and Mitchell's Musical Extravaganza The Wizard of Oz" M. Witmark & Sons
1902 Program; 1903 Script; Swartz; Recording
27.22Johnnie, I'll Take YouWill D. CobbGus EdwardsTryxie1904 - 1905Shapiro, Remick, and Co.
27.32The Tale of a StrollGeorge Totten SmithByrd Dougherty
Benjamin M. Jerome
Tryxie1905 - 1906Added for the 1905 touring seasonCharles K. Harris Swartz; Recording
27.4Johnnie MorganHarry WilliamsEgbert Van AlstyneTryxie1904?Shapiro, Remick, and Co.
27.52Can't You See I'm LonelyFelix F. FeistHarry ArmstrongTryxie1905 - 1906Leo Feist Recording
27.62Are You Sincere?Alfred BryanAlbert GumbleTryxie1908 - 1909 ?Later parodied by Nat M. Wills as "Are Youse in Here?" on Victor 5613.Recording
282The Dance of All Nations:
Connemara Christening
Edgar SmithA. Baldwin SloaneTin Man1902 - 19061902 Program; 1903 Script; Swartz
29.12The Dance of All Nations:
Spanish Bolero
Edgar SmithA. Baldwin SloaneScarecrow1902 - 19041902 Program; 1903 Script; Swartz
29.22Good Bye, FedoraHarry H. WilliamsRobert J. AdamsScarecrow1904 - 1905Shapiro, Remick, and Co. Recording
29.32Sitting BullVincent P. BryanCharles A. ZimmermannScarecrow
Chorus
1905 - 1906Added for the 1905 touring seasonSwartz; Recording
29.42Green Corn DanceVincent P. BryanCharles A. Zimmermann?Scarecrow
Chorus
1905 - 1906Added for the 1905 touring seasonSwartz
302The Dance of All Nations:
Wee Highland Mon
Edgar SmithA. Baldwin SloaneWizard1902 - ?1902 Program; 1903 Script; Swartz
31.12The Dance of All Nations:
Rosalie
Will D. CobbGus EdwardsDorothy
Cynthia
1902 - 1904Replaced in Jan 1904, but reinstated Jun 1904. Originally a duet, later became a solo for DorothyF. A. Mills 1902 Program; 1903 Script; Swartz; Recording
31.22Under a PanamaVincent P. BryanJ. B. MullenDorothy1904Added Jan 1904, Replaced Jun 1904
Also featured in Sergeant Brue and mentioned in Sally Benson's novel Meet Me in St. Louis
Shapiro, Remick, and Co. Swartz; Recording
31.32An Afternoon TeaEdgar SmithA. Baldwin SloaneDorothy
Scarecrow Tin Man
1904Recording
32.12I Love Only One Girl in the
Wide, Wide World
Will D. CobbGus EdwardsSir Daily1903 - 1904F. A. Mills Recording
32.22I Never Loved a Love as I Love You
Will D. CobbGus EdwardsSir Daily1904 - 1905Shapiro, Remick, and Co.
32.32Only YouFrank KeeseeCharles A. ZimmermannSir Daily1905 - 1905Moved later in the show Leo Feist
32.42My Own GirlVincent P. BryanLeo EdwardsSir Daily1905 - 1906Added for the 1905 touring seasonSwartz
33.12The Lobster Song
Hugh MortonGustave KerkerScarecrow
Tin Man
19021902 Program; Swartz
33.22Nautical Nonsense Vincent P. BryanTheodore F. MorseScarecrow
Tin Man
Chorus
1903 - 1904Possibly originally sung in The Girl From Up There Howley, Haviland, & Dresser Swartz; 1903 Script ; Recording
33.32The NightmareVincent P. BryanJ. B. MullenScarecrow
Tin Man
1904 - 1906By Dec 1904Swartz
33.42FootballVincent P. BryanCharles A. ZimmermannScarecrow
Tin Man
1905 - ?Added for the 1905 touring seasonVincent Bryan Music Company Swartz; Recording
34.12I'd Like to Go Halves on ThatDavid C. MontgomeryHarry Castling
Frank Leo
Tin Man1904 - 1906By Dec 1904Swartz; Recording
34.22Marching Thro GeorgiaVincent P. BryanCharles A. ZimmermannScarecrow
Tin Man
1904 - 1905Swartz
34.32Marching Through Port ArthurVincent P. BryanCharles A. ZimmermannScarecrow
Tin Man
1905Added for the 1905 touring seasonSwartz
35.12Act 2 Finale: Waltz and Grand MarchN/APaul TietjensChorus
35.12Act 2 Finale: Rejoice, The Wizard is No Longer KingL. Frank BaumPaul TietjensEnsemble1902Section from the Finale published as "Just a Simple Girl from the Prairie"M. Witmark & Sons 1902 Program; Swartz; Recording
35.12Act 2 Finale: Star of My Native LandGlen MacDonoughA. Baldwin SloanePastoria
Chorus
19031903 Script
363Cooks and Waitresses Number
N/ACharles A. ZimmermannChorus19031903 Script
373Opening ChorusGlen MacDonoughA. Baldwin SloaneChorus1903Cut in Mar 1903
383I'll Be Your Honey in The SpringtimeHarry FreemanHarry FreemanDorothy Chorus1902M. Witmark & Sons 1902 Program; Swartz
393She Really Didn't Mind the Thing At AllJohn SlavinNathaniel D. MannWizard1902Cut Jun 1902M. Witmark & Sons Swartz
40.13That's Where She Sits All Day
Frank LeoFrank LeoScarecrow
Tin Man
1902 - 1908T. B. Harms & Co1902 Program; 1903 Script; Swartz; Recording
40.23Blooming LizeMatt C. WoodwardBenjamin M. JeromeScarecrow
Tin Man
1902August 1902
Originally sung in The Chaperons
40.33Pimlico MalindaJames O'DeaRobert J. AdamsScarecrow
Tin Man
1903Replaced in Jan 1903
40.43Must You?Harry Boden
David C. Montgomery
Bert BrantfordScarecrow
Tin Man
1903Jan 1903 M. Witmark & Sons
"Songs Sung in Hamlin and Mitchell's Musical Extravaganza The Wizard of Oz" M. Witmark & Sons
1903 Script
413The Traveller and the PieL. Frank BaumPaul TietjensScarecrow
Chorus
1902 - 1906Intermittently usedM. Witmark & Sons
"Songs Sung in Hamlin and Mitchell's Musical Extravaganza The Wizard of Oz" M. Witmark & Sons
1902 Program; 1903 Script; Swartz; Recording
42.13Honey, My SweetHenry M. Blossom Jr.George A. SpinkDorothy
Chorus
19031903 Script
42.23The Sweetest Girl in DixieRobert J. AdamsJames O'DeaDorothy1904 - 1905Originally sung in Sergeant Brue Jerome H. Remick & Co Recording
42.33Fraidy CatJames A. BrennanJames A. BrennanDorothy1911O'Neill & Story
433Finale L. Frank Baum?
Glen MacDonough?
Paul Tietjens?
A. Baldwin Sloane?
Ensemble19021902 Program; 1903 Script; Swartz
??MarchN/APaul Tietjens1902?M. Witmark & Sons
??WaltzesN/APaul Tietjens1902?M. Witmark & Sons
??Waltz and Grand MarchNAPaul Tietjens1902?
??LanciersN/APaul Tietjens1902?M. Witmark & Sons
??It Happens Ev'ry DayL. Frank BaumNathaniel D. MannCynthia
Pastoria
Wizard
1902Cut to reduce length of show. Possibly performed between "The Different Ways of Making Love" and "Sammy"M. Witmark & Sons
??How'd You Like to Like a Girl Like MeFelix F. FeistJos S. NathanDorothy?1906Leo Feist
??It's Lovely to Love a Lovely GirlEdward P. MoranSeymour FurthDorothy?1903 - 1904??"Songs Sung in Hamlin and Mitchell's Musical Extravaganza The Wizard of Oz" M. Witmark & Sons
M. Witmark & Sons
??Nemo and his BearAl. GumbleDave J. ClarkDorothy
Chorus
1907Mentioned in contemporary article in Omaha Daily Bee, Sep 8, 1907.Jerome H. Remick & Co