CHRISTMAS
The 07/08 Programme for ACTIVITY PACK schools is sponsored by CONTENTS
3 CAST AND CREW 4 THE STORY OF THE WIZARD OF OZ 6 QUIZ: WHAT CAN YOU REMEMBER FROM THE STORY? 7 COLOURING IN: SET DESIGN 9 COLOURING IN: COSTUME DESIGN 13 DESIGN YOUR OWN MAGIC SLIPPERS 14 AUNT EM’S COOKIE RECIPE 15 DRAMA ACTIVITIES 17 YELLOW BRICK ROAD (OFF TO SEE THE WIZARD) SONG LYRICS 18 WORD JUMBLE 19 BIG WORDSEARCH 20 LYCEUM THEATRE WORDSEARCH 21 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
2 CAST AND CREW
Dorothy Gale Denise Hoey Auntie Em/Glinda Estrid Barton Uncle Henry/ Emerald City Guard Sean Hay Miss Gultch/Wicked Witch Julie Austin Professor Marvel/Wizard of Oz Tim Frances Zeke/Cowardly Lion Graham Kent Hickory/Tinman Sandy Grierson Hunk/Scarecrow Matthew Pidgeon ASM/Understudy Neil Thomas ASM/Understudy Maria Thordar
Munchkins, Winkies, Flying Monkeys, Ozians and Crows played by members of the Lyceum Youth Theatre: Green Team: Yellow Team: Misra Kara Alex Bathe Lucia d'Inverno Harry Smart Hana Wade Sarah Mills Georgia Gage Finlay Tinto Blair Wycherly Oliver Smart Freya Laird Caitlin French Isla Cowan Blythe Jandoo Harrison McNeil Edith Wycherly
Director Gill Robertson Assistant Director Sacha Kyle Designer Karen Tennent Lighting Designer Jeanine Davies Choreographer Christine Devaney Voice Coach Lynne Bains Puppetmaker Rick Conte Film-maker Jonathan Charles Musical Director Steven Wren Deputy Stage Manager on the Book Claire Williamson
3 THE STORY OF THE WIZARD OF OZ
Dorothy and her little dog Toto lived on a farm in Kansas with Aunt Em and Uncle Henry. One day, their neighbour, the horrible Miss Gultch, took Toto away from Dorothy but luckily he escaped and came back to her. They went to a gypsy caravan where the mysterious Professor Marvel told her that her Aunt Em was very sick! As they rushed to get back home, Dorothy and Toto got swept into the middle of a fearsome twister.
When Dorothy woke up, she realised she was not in Kansas anymore. Instead she found herself in an enchanting and colourful place called Munchkinland! There she met the Munchkins and a good witch called Glinda who told her that they were very thankful to her as she managed to kill the Wicked Witch of the East when her house fell on her. Just then, the witch’s sister, the Wicked Witch of the West, appeared and was furious to find that Dorothy was wearing the magic ruby slippers as she wanted them for herself!
Glinda sent the wicked witch away and told Dorothy to go to the Wizard of Oz in the Emerald City to help her get back to Kansas. Dorothy set off to follow the Yellow Brick Road and on her way met some wonderful friends. First, she met the Scarecrow, who wanted a brain, then the Tinman, who wanted a heart, and finally the Lion, who was in need of some courage.
Dorothy decided that she would take them all with her so that they could get help from the Wizard too! But the Wicked Witch of the West was not far behind them. She attracted Dorothy and her new friends into a field of pretty poppies, but little did they know that the beautiful flowers were poisoned and they soon started to fall asleep. Luckily, the Tinman called out to Glinda for help and she cast a spell to make it snow over the poppies which woke everyone up. After waking up from the wicked witch’s poppy spell, Dorothy and her friends continued on towards the Emerald City.
4 THE STORY OF THE WIZARD OF OZ CONT.
Upon reaching the palace in Emerald City, a mean guard told them that no one could see the great Wizard of Oz. This made Dorothy cry as she remembered Aunt Em back in Kansas. To stop her crying the guard let them in. Inside the Emerald City they met the Wizard, who told them they must fetch him the Wicked Witch of the West’s broom. So, Dorothy and her friends set out into the woods to find the witch’s castle and somehow get the broom. When they reached the castle they were attacked by the witch’s slaves called Winkies. The Winkies captured Dorothy and her dog Toto and took them to the castle leaving the three friends in the woods.
To get Dorothy back, the three friends came up with a plan; they stole some of the Winkies’ uniforms and crept into the castle. Meanwhile, to try and convince Dorothy to give her the Ruby Slippers the Wicked Witch of the West cast a spell upon a glass sand timer and told Dorothy that if the time ran out she would be dead. Just as the sand was about to run out, Scarecrow, Tinman and Lion burst into the room and saved Dorothy!
To stop the friends and Dorothy from escaping, the witch cast a spell on Scarecrow that set him on fire, so Dorothy threw water over him and accidentally hit the witch. This caused the Wicked Witch of the West to melt to her death. After the witch melted, the Winkies asked Dorothy to be their queen. Dorothy told them that she would rather have the witch’s broom, and then she and her friends set off back to the Emerald City.
The Wizard granted them the gifts they had all asked for. He gave a degree to Scarecrow to prove he had a brain, a heart-shaped watch to the Tinman (but told him that it is more important to be loved by others) and he gave Lion a medal to reward him for his courage. When it was Dorothy’s turn he said he would take her home in a hot air balloon but Toto ran away just as the balloon took off. Dorothy ran after him and the Wizard left without her.
Just when Dorothy thought she could never go home, Glinda the good witch appeared and told her that she had always had the power to go home, she just didn’t know it. She tells Dorothy to click her heels three times and say “there’s no place like home”. Soon enough Dorothy was home safe and sound and it seemed like the Wizard, Scarecrow, Tinman, Lion, witches, Munchkins and Winkies had all been just a dream!
5 QUIZ: WHAT CAN YOU REMEMBER FROM THE STORY?
1. What is the name of Dorothy’s dog?
2. What did Professor Marvel tell Dorothy about her Aunt Em?
3. When Dorothy woke up, after the twister, where was she?
4. Who did Dorothy’s house fall on?
5. What did Dorothy get that the Wicked Witch of the West wanted?
6. What colour was the road that led to the Emerald City?
7. What are the names of the three friends that Dorothy and Toto make on their journey?
8. What did the friends want from the Wizard?
9. What did the Wicked Witch of the West use to make Dorothy and her friends fall asleep?
10. What did the Wizard of Oz want Dorothy and her friends to bring back for him?
11. What are the witch’s slaves called?
12. Dorothy killed the Wicked Witch of the West by accident, but how did she do it?
13. How was the Wizard going to take Dorothy back to Kansas?
14. In the end, what did Dorothy have to do to get back home?
6 SET DESIGN
To make the stage at the Lyceum Theatre look like the scenes from The Wizard of Oz, a Set Designer creates some pictures of what the set should look like. The set is the scenery that transforms an empty stage into the Land of Oz.
Here are some of the designs for the set. Become a Set Designer yourself and colour them in any colour you like.
MUNCHKIN HOUSE
7 SET DESIGN CONT.
OZ EMBLEM
8 COSTUME DESIGN
To create the characters from The Wizard of Oz, The Lyceum Wardrobe Department make all of the costumes from these designs.
Have a go at colouring in the costumes to bring the characters to life!
MUNCHKIN
9 COSTUME DESIGN CONT.
SCARECROW
10 COSTUME DESIGN CONT.
TINMAN
11 COSTUME DESIGN CONT.
LION
12 MAGIC SLIPPERS
In The Wizard of Oz, Dorothy has a pair of Magic Ruby Slippers. If you were designing magic slippers what would they look like?
Use the template below to design your own Magic Slippers.
13 AUNT EM’S COOKIES
CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES This makes 13 large cookies for you to share with all of your friends!
Remember to get a good witch to help you (or, if a good witch is not available, a grown-up will do!)
3oz of butter pinch of salt
3oz of caster sugar 6oz self raising flour
3oz light brown sugar 2oz of mixed chopped nuts
I egg 4oz plain chocolate chips
Preheat oven to 180ºC / 350ºF / gas mark 4. Cream the fat and sugars until pale and fluffy. Beat the egg, flour and salt into the mixture. Stir in nuts and half the chocolate chips.
Drop 2tbsp of mixture per cookie well apart onto the greased baking sheets and pat down slightly. Bake for 15mins. While still warm, sprinkle on remaining chocolate chips and push gently into the cookies. Cool on a wire rack.
Now enjoy your yummy cookies which you have made so very well!
“I’ve just made a fresh batch of cookies if you’ve a mind to sit a while.” Aunt Em
14 DRAMA ACTIVITIES
Now you too can be like Dorothy and her friends when you act out a scene from the play! STEP 1 – choose what character you are going to be STEP 2 – rehearse the lines and think about your character STEP 3 – put on a show for your friends and classmates!
There are two different characters in this scene. Do you know which one you are going to be? CHARACTER 1 – Scarecrow CHARACTER 2 – Dorothy
SETTING – DOROTHY MEETS SCARECROW ALONG THE YELLOW BRICK ROAD. Dorothy Can I help you?
Scarecrow Well seeing as I am tied to this pole it would be very nice to get down.
Dorothy But how?
Scarecrow Well I don’t know because I don’t have a brain!
Dorothy It’s an awful stiff nail!
BUT FINALLY DOROTHY PULLS SCARECROW FREE Scarecrow My, it’s good to be free
Dorothy Ahhh a crow!
Scarecrow I’ll get it!
THE CROW FLIES AWAY WITHOUT FEAR Scarecrow You see I can’t even scare a crow!
Dorothy Well if you travel with me to see the Wizard of Oz maybe he could get you a proper brain!
Scarecrow There’s an idea!
15 CLASS DRAMA ACTIVITY (To be led by a teacher)
STATUE CIRCLE Ask your class to stand in a circle.
Describe to the group that you are going to pretend to be still and silent statues as individuals. Have a practice at all being individual statues that represent the emotion of ‘happiness’.
Ask the class to turn round and face the outside of the circle.
Tell them that you are going to call out a word and count to three. After three everyone is going to jump round and face the circle and make a statue that they think represents the word you call out.
Some emotions to try could be:
HAPPINESS
SADNESS
EXCITEMENT
NERVOUSNESS
LOVE
COURAGE
CLEVERNESS
You could even try some characters from The Wizard of Oz:
SCARECROW
TINMAN
LION
DOROTHY
AUNT EM
THE WICKED WITCH OF THE WEST
After each statue ask the group to have a look at each other and note any interesting similarities and differences.
16 YELLOW BRICK ROAD (OFF TO SEE THE WIZARD) SONG LYRICS
ALL SPOKEN: Dorothy Follow the Yellow Brick Road?
Munchkin Mayor Follow the Yellow Brick Road.
Munchkin Barrister Follow the Yellow Brick Road.
Woman Follow the Yellow Brick Road.
Munchkin Barrister Follow the Yellow Brick Road.
THE TUNE OF THE SONG STARTS HERE: Munchkin Mayor Follow the Yellow Brick Road.
Munchkin Coroner Follow the Yellow Brick Road.
Munchkins Follow, follow, follow, follow,
Follow the Yellow Brick Road.
Follow the Yellow Brick,
Follow the Yellow Brick,
Follow the Yellow Brick Road.
Munchkins We’re off to see the Wizard,
The wonderful Wizard of Oz.
We’ll find he is a whiz of a Wiz’,
If ever a Wiz’ there was.
If ever, oh ever, a Wiz there was,
The Wizard of Oz is one because,
Because, because, because, because, because…
Because of the wonderful things he does…
We’re off to see the Wizard,
The wonderful Wizard of Oz
17 WORD JUMBLE
See if you can un-jumble these words.
They might be related to The Wizard of Oz or the Lyceum Theatre!
1. owi rdheta zo fz
______
2. rhoydto
______
3. hcod iwtgo
______
4. oott
_ _ _ _
5. ardolo weylk cibr
______
6. rheulm yecate
______
Answers are on the acknowledgements page!
18 BIG WORD SEARCH W P O P P I E S W N I I N M U N C H K I N S N B C S Z O W L C H O K A N S A S I I K N K I I T M I D Z O E I C E A T I N M A N D T S S C A R E C R O W O I E M E R A L D C I T Y G L I N D A O I T O R K B R O O M F O C H H B S R D O R O T H Y O K P O D M L Z W W E T
DOROTHY WICKED WITCH
TOTO GLINDA
EMERALD CITY WIZARD OF OZ
KANSAS MUNCHKINS
SCARECROW WINKIES
TIN MAN POPPIES
LION BROOM
19 LYCEUM THEATRE WORD SEARCH
M F MUS I C NUY STAGE T S YA IUU RVR THEATRE LYCEUM LTCOSTUMEP STALLS Y A LIGHT SED TICKET C L ONXOB CBP LIGHTS E L STAGE XEK COSTUME U S LTSET MGK SET M T EAGWC YMD MUSIC T I CKETZ AUN P T HEATR EZG
20 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The Wizard of Oz Activity Pack was compiled by Philippa Tomlin, Education Officer. With thanks to Chloe Grierson and Caitlin Reid, Work Experience Placements. Original Costume and Set Design by Karen Tennent. Designed by Redpath Design.
This pack was produced by the Lyceum Education Department. Any part of the pack can be photocopied for use within the classroom.
For further information on workshops, events and back catalogue
of packs, please contact 0131 248 4834 or email [email protected].
lyceum theatre lyceum road brick yellow toto witch good dorothy oz of wizard the 6. 5. 4. 3. 2. 1. Answers to word jumble: word to Answers
21