

Unlike any other Ozian, she was mysteriously born with florescent bright green skin. Wicked is the first of four books in a series of novels titled The Wicked Years by Gregory Maguire.Įlphaba Thropp was born in Rush Margins, a rural area of Munchkinland in the Land of Oz. This is the story about how Elphaba became the Wicked Witch of the West and Galinda became Glinda, the Good Witch of the North. Frank Baum's classic tale (from his novel, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and the 1939 MGM film The Wizard of Oz), we heard only her side of the story. When Dorothy triumphed over the Wicked Witch of the West in L. It has been turned into a very successful Broadway musical called simply Wicked. The novel was written by Gregory Maguire and it tells the story of Elphaba, the protagonist who becomes the antagonist known as the Wicked Witch of the West. Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West is a popular non-canonical prequel to the Oz series.

– Wicked, "Prologue: On the Yellow Brick Road" They sparkled like yellow diamonds and like embers of blood, and thorny stars. They sparkled even in the darkening afternoon. As the first few drops of rain fell, the Witch caught sight, not of the girl's face, but the shoes.

She was up and running in an ungainly way, and her companions followed in a mounting panic.
