A Visit to The Wizard of Oz
by Wu Hsiu-yao
Cast
Wu Yu-chieh: Child A, Scarecrow, and Vicky’s mother
Huang Chi-ying: Vicky
Yeh Chung-cheng: The Tin Woodman
Chang Tun-wei: The King of Oz and Park Keeper
Lai Kuan-ling: Dorothy
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SCENE I
(This is a park; there is a tree
in the middle of the stage. There is a bush on the right hand side of the
stage. Some children are on the stage. They look bored.)
Child A: Oh!
I’m bored! I’m so bored!
Vicky: I have an idea. Let’s play
hide-and-seek!
(All the children agree.)
Children: Paper, scissors, stone. Paper, scissors, stone. You lose!
You’re the ghost.
Child A: I’ll count from 1 to 10. You all hide yourselves quickly.
(Child A leans on the tree and
begins to count. All the children run
away and exits except Vicky.)
Vicky: Where can I hide? It maybe a good idea to hide in the
bush. (squats in the bush.)
Child A: Where are you? (looks around and exits.)
(All the children enter.)
Child A: I can’t find Vicky. I’ve looked everywhere. Well, maybe she’s gone home. Let’s go home, too!
(All the children exit. The light becomes dark and then is turned
on. The big tree at this moment has
already been replaced by the Emerald
City.)
Vicky: Mm… Where’s everybody? (looks around) Where are they? Where’s this place?
(The king of the kingdom enters.)
Vicky: Excuse me. Could you please tell me where this place is?
King: This is the land of the Munchkins.
Vicky: The land of the Munchkins! You mean I’m in L. Frank Baum’s book The
Wizard of Oz?
King: That’s right.
Vicky: Are you sure?
King: 100% sure!
Vicky: Oh, no.
(to herself) How do I go
home? (to the king) Do you know how I can get out of here?
King: I’m afraid I don’t know, young
lady. But you can go ask the greatest
wizard of Oz. He lives in the Emerald City.
He knows many things.
Vicky: The wizard of Oz? Thanks.
(Vicky and the king of the
Munchkins exit. The light becomes dark.)
SCENE II
(Oz stands on the stage. The light is turned on.)
Oz: People think I’m a great
wizard. They want me to help them solve
their problems. But I’m just an ordinary
man. I don’t have any magic power That’s why I never let anyone see me. (silence.)
Now there’s someone who wants to see me.
She seems to be like me coming to this world unintentionally. Perhaps I can use her to prevent people from
asking me for favors.
(Oz exits. The light becomes dark. When the light is turned on, we can see the
palace that the wizard of Oz
lives in.)
Vicky: Are you the greatest wizard of Oz that
people say you are?
Oz: I’m Oz, the Great and
Terrible! Who are you? Why have you come here?
Vicky: I’m Vicky. I came to this land by mistake. I want to go home. Can you help me?
Oz: Certainly! I’m Oz, the Great and Terrible! I can do anything! (pauses)
But you must do me a favor first.
Vicky: But… Aren’t you the one that can do
anything yourself?
Oz: Shut up! (pauses)
I don’t like visitors very much.
But now a group of strange people is looking for me. I don’t want to see them. You must stop them.
Vicky: But… I’m only an ordinary child. I can’t help you.
Oz: It doesn’t matter. I’m only an ordinary man myself… Oh, I mean I’m a great and terrible
wizard. I’ll help you.
Vicky: OK.
Thank you. (The light becomes
dark.)
SCENE III
(This is a field. Dorothy and her friends are crossing it. The Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman are walking
before the Lion and Dorothy.)
Scarecrow: Tell them to hurry!
Tin Woodman: OK… I’ll KILL them… (He takes out an
axe. Dorothy and the Lion fall down with
Tin Woodman’s strike.)
Scarecrow: (Sees Dorothy falling down.) You idiot!
I said TELL, not KILL. Oh
no! You…
You… You really killed them!
Tin Woodman: I… I did not!
Scarecrow: (Checks Dorothy and the Lion’s
breath) Thank goodness. They just fell asleep.
Tin Woodman: What should we do? They’re sleeping.
Scarecrow: (To Dorothy and the Lion) Wake up!
Tin Woodman: What should we do? They’re sleeping soundly. It must be these flowers all around us that
made them go to sleep!
Scarecrow: Perhaps we can carry them and get out
of this terrible place?
Tin Woodman: Good idea!
(goes to pull Dorothy) Oh! She’s too heavy! I can’t move her! She has to lose some weight.
Scarecrow: What should we do?
(The Scarecrow and the Tin
Woodman squat. After some silent
moments, the Tin Woodman stands up suddenly.)
Tin Woodman: Perhaps we can get a dinosaur to carry her
out.
Scarecrow: Good idea! But where can we find dinosaurs?
Tin Woodman: Oh!
Perhaps we can look for a time machine to take us back to the time right
before she fell asleep.
Scarecrow: Good idea! But where can we find a time machine?
Tin Woodman: Oh.
Perhaps we can….
Scarecrow: Shut up!
Tin Woodman: Oh! I
can’t stand this! If I continue to
think, I’ll get rusty soon. (stands up)
Scarecrow: Where are you going?
Tin Woodman: (stumbles)
I …
(A cat, which cannot be seen by
the audience, cries out “Meow!”)
Tin Woodman: What have I stepped on? (sees a mouse, which cannot be seen by the
audience) Oh, I just stepped on a cat
and killed it. A mouse! (to the mouse) Who are you?
(to the Scarecrow) I can’t
understand what the mouse says. Can you
tell me what it says?
Scarecrow: (to the mouse) You say that you’re the Queen of all the
field mice. And he has just killed the
cat which was running after you, and saved your life. So you’ll give us a wish?
Tin Woodman: Hey!
A wish! Let me think about it!
Scarecrow: Can you help us to get her out of the
field? (points to Dorothy) You say this is an easy job! Hundreds and thousands of your people will
help us get out of the field? Thank you,
Your Majesty!
Tin Woodman: Hey, Your Majesty! Where are you going? You haven’t heard my wish yet!
(The light gets dark and is
turned on.)
Oz: I can’t believe
this. Dorothy and her friends got out of
the field! Luckily, I’ve told Dorothy to go find the Wicked Witch of the
West. Now I’ll call Vicky and tell her
to get ready. (to Vicky) Vicky, get
ready now. Dorothy and her gang
are coming now.
SCENE IV
Dorothy: What should we do now?
Scarecrow: I don’t know!
Tin Woodman: (finds something) What’s that?
UFO?
Scarecrow: An angel? The Wicked Witch of the West?
(Vicky enters and laughs.)
Dorothy: A Winged Monkey?
Vicky: What? Monkey?
Did you say I look like a monkey?
Dorothy: Yes. I never lie!
Vicky: What? I…I’m furious! I must punish you! (takes Dorothy away) Ha ha ha!
Dorothy: Help! Help!
(Vicky and Dorothy exit.)
Tin Woodman: Now…what should we do?
Scarecrow: I don’t know. Perhaps we can try every possible means to
rescue her.
Tin Woodman: Good idea.
(The light gets dark.)
SCENE V
(On the stage there is a yellow
castle.)
Vicky: Mop the floor clean quickly! Wipe the windows after you finish mopping the
floor. There’re 365 windows altogether
in this castle. Don’t miss any! Then wash the clothes, water the flowers, and
feed the fish!
Dorothy: Why do I have to do so many things?
Vicky: Because you’re a bad girl. You said I look like a monkey!
(Dorothy takes the bucket from
the floor.)
Vicky: What are you doing?
Dorothy: (pours water from the bucket on Vicky) Well!
Vicky: Oh!
(Vicky changes into a posture in
scene one gradually. The light gets dark
and is
turned on again. Now Vicky wears the clothes that she wears in
scene one.)
Vicky: Oh!
Park Keeper: (amazed) You shocked me!
Vicky: Oz?
Park Keeper: What?
Vicky: Oz, someone splashed water on me. Can I go home now?
Park Keeper: Poor child, I’m not
Oz. I’m only a park keeper, and you were
sleeping in the bush just now. If you
want to go home, you should look for the police, not Oz.
(Mother enters. The park keeper exits.)
Mother: Vicky, where have you been? I’ve been looking all over for you.
Vicky: Mom, I had a strange dream. There were Oz and Dorothy, the Scarecrow, and
the Tin Woodman in my dream.
Mother: Really?
Vicky: Can you tell me the story The Wizard of
Oz again? I’d like to listen to it
again.
Mother: Certainly!
But where do you want me to begin?
Vicky: After the Wicked Witch of the West has
melted.
(Mother and Vicky exit.)
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