It starred the comedy team of David C. Montgomery and Fred Stone as the Tin Woodman and the Scarecrow.
Swartz explores how this production influenced stage and film adaptations that followed, including the 1939 MGM movie.
The book contains numerous illustrations, advertisements, photos from many of the versions, program covers, posters and sheet music.
"[2] In Utopian Studies, Andrew Karp wrote that the book describes the 1902 play's history and success "in mind-numbing detail", and wishes that the author had discussed the musical in the context of other children's plays of the time, like Peter Pan or Toad of Toad Hall.
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