Scarecrow (Hunk)
Hunk is one of the three farmhands who offers Dorothy advice about how to deal with Miss Gulch, “You ain’t using your head about Miss Gulch. Think you didn’t have any brains at all.” The same actor that plays Hunk will also play the Scarecrow in Oz. Both characters talk about being smart and having a brain.
The Scarecrow is also quite clumsy, so the actor will need to be agile and move like a rag doll.
Either a boy or a girl can successfully play this role.
Dorothy has just met the Scarecrow.
Scarecrow
Oh, I’m a failure, because I haven’t got a brain.
Dorothy
Well, what would you do with a brain if you had one?
(He sings ‘If I Only Had A Brain’.)
Dorothy
Why, if our scarecrow back in Kansas could do that, the Crows’d be scared to pieces!
Scarecrow
They would?
Dorothy
Sure!
Scarecrow
Where’s Kansas?
Dorothy
That’s where I live. And I want to go back there so badly. I’m going all the way to the Emerald City to get the Wizard of Oz to help me.
Scarecrow
Do you think this Wizard could give me some brains?
Dorothy
I couldn’t say. But even if he didn’t, you’d be no worse off than you are now.
Scarecrow
Yes, that’s true.
Dorothy
But, I’ve got a witch mad at me, and you might get into trouble.
Scarecrow
A witch, huh? I’m not afraid of a witch! I’m not afraid of anything, except a lighted match.
Dorothy
I don’t blame you for that.
Scarecrow
But I’d face a whole box full of them for the chance of getting some brains. Look, I won’t be any trouble, because I don’t eat a thing. And I won’t try to manage things, because I can’t think. Won’t you take me with you?
Dorothy
Why, of course I will!