Glinda
Glinda is the Good Witch of the North who guides Dorothy in her journey through Oz. The actor playing Glinda should have a delicate, graceful manner. She is the mother figure to Dorothy and the Munchkins.
In this scene Dorothy and Toto have just landed in Munchkinland. Glinda enters magically.
Glinda
(To Dorothy)
Are you a good witch, or a bad witch?
Dorothy
Who, me? Why, I’m not a witch at all. I’m Dorothy Gale from Kansas.
Glinda
(To Toto)
Oh, Well…is that a witch?
Dorothy
Who, Toto
Toto
(Growling)
Grrrrrrrr…
Dorothy
Toto’s my dog.
Toto
Gruff!
Glinda
Well, I’m a little muddled. The Munchhkins called me because a new witch has just dropped a house on the Wicked Witch of the East. And there’s the house, and here you are, and that’s all that’s left of the Wicked Witch of the East. And so what the Munchkins want to know is…are you a good witch, or a bad witch?
Dorothy
Oh, but I’ve already told you, I’m not a witch at all-witches are old and ugly.
(Laughter is heard)
What was that?
Glinda
The Munchkins, They’re laughing because I’m a witch. I’m Glinda, the Witch of the North.
Dorothy
You are! Oh, I beg your pardon! But I’ve never heard of a beautiful witch before.
Glinda
Only bad witches are ugly.
Dorothy
I didn’t know…
Glinda
The Munchkins are happy because you have freed them from the Wicked Witch of the East.
Dorothy
But, if you please, what are Munchkins?
Glinda
The little people who live in this land-it’s Munchkinland, and you are their national heroine, my dear. It’s all right-you may all come out and thank her. It’s all right now. You may all come out.