If you auditioning for the Wizard Of Oz you must be familiar with both of these scenes.
Wizard of Oz (Professor Marvel)
Professor Marvel is a traveling salesman whose career of the moment is fortune telling. He is a bit of a con man; however, he has a good heart. Similarly, his Oz counterpart, the Wizard, is a con man with a good heart as well. The actor playing this role needs to have strong, commanding voice and be able to memorize a great deal of dialogue.
Scene 1
In this scene Professor Marvel has overheard Dorothy telling Toto that they should run away.
Professor
Leaving so soon? Wait, wait! Don’t tell me! You are…running away!
Dorothy
How did you guess?
Professor
Professor Marvel never guesses, he knows! Now, why are you running away?
Dorothy
Nobody cares about me at home. They wouldn’t ever miss me.
Professor
Now, I wouldn’t be so sure of that-
Dorothy
No, they won’t, honestly!
Auntie Em was even going to let them kill Toto for biting Miss Gulch.
Professor
Here, sit right down here. That’s it. Ha ha!
He takes out a crystal ball.
Dorothy
My! It’s beautiful!
Professor
Yes! Yes, it is. Now gaze into the crystal ball with me…
Ah ha! I see…a woman!...She’s wearing a…a dress!
Dorothy
Is it a polka-dot dress?
Professor
It is! And her face is careworn.
Dorothy
Yes…That’s Aunt Em.
Professor
Her name is Emmmmmmmmmm…ily?
Dorothy
That’s right. What’s she doing?
Professor
Well, I, I can’t quite see. Why, she’s crying.
Dorothy
Oh!
Professor
And now she’s, she’s going into a little bedroom…
Dorothy
Does it have poppies on the wallpaper?
Professor
Yes! Yes, it has poppies o the wallpaper! What’s this? Why, she’s putting her hand to her heart! She’s, she’s dropping down on the bed!
Dorothy
Oh, no! You don’t suppose she could really be sick, do you? I’ve got to go home right away!
Good-bye Professor Marvel, and thanks a lot!
Professor
You’d better get home quickly, there’s a storm blowing up, a whopper, to speak in the vernacular of the peasantry. Poor little kid. I hope she gets home all right.
Scene 2
In this scene Toto has pulled back the curtains and exposed the Wizard as just a man.
Dorothy
Who are you?
Wizard
Well, I am the great and powerful Wizard of Oz.
Dorothy
You’re a very bad man!
Wizard
Oh, no, my dear I’m a very good man. I’m just a very bad Wizard.
Tin Man
You’d better be good enough to send Dorothy back to Kansas!
Scarecrow
What about the heart that you promised Tin Man?
Tin Man
And the courage that you promised the Cowardly Lion?
Lion
And Scarecrow’s brain?
Wizard
But you’ve got them. You’ve had them all the time!
All
Oh, no we haven’t!
Wizard
Of course you do. Why, Scarecrow anybody can have a brain.
That’s a very mediocre commodity. Back where I come from we have universities, where men go to become great thinkers. And they have no more brains than you. But! They have one thing you haven’t got! A diploma!
Wizard
As for you, my fine Lion friend, you are under the delusion that because you run away from danger, you have no courage. You’re confusing courage with wisdom. Back where I come from, we have men who are called heroes. And they have no more courage than you have. But! They have one thing that you haven’t got! A medal! Therefore, for conspicuous bravery against wicked witches, I award you the Triple Cross.
Wizard
As for you, my galvanized Tin friend, you want a heart! You don’t know how lucky you are not to have one. Hearts will never be practical until they can be made unbreakable. Back where I come from there are men who do nothing all day but good deeds. And their hearts are no bigger than yours. But! They have one thing you haven’t got. A testimonial!