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The book and musical could be distilled to the same plot summary: Behold, the unexpected backstory of Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West, and Glinda the Good.
The book asks the central question the musical and movie do: Are people born wicked, or do we have wickedness thrust upon us? But that's about where the similarities end.
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West is an American novel published in 1995, written by Gregory Maguire with illustrations by Douglas Smith. It is the first in The Wicked Years series, and was followed by Son of a Witch (published in September 2005), A Lion Among Men (published in October 2008), and Out of Oz (published in November 2011).
Why is 'Wicked' two parts? What's the meaning of the Emerald City scene that features 'Defying Gravity'? The creative team behind Universal's blockbuster musical breaks it all down.
Wicked is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Winnie Holzman.It is a loose adaptation of the 1995 Gregory Maguire novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, which in turn is based on L. Frank Baum's 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and its 1939 film adaptation.
Wicked is a series of young adult novels written by American authors Nancy Holder and Debbie Viguié. The first book, Witch was released in 2002 through Simon Pulse . In 2009 the series was optioned by DreamWorks' Mark Sourian, [ 1 ] with the intent to combine the first two books in the series into a single screenplay.
For Gregory Maguire, the author of the book Wicked: ... “What I do know is that a human person who performs a wicked act suffers from an immense amount of self-loathing. Evil behavior, I think ...
The Life and Death of Mr. Badman: An Analysis of a Wicked Man's Life, as a Warning For Others, Presented to the World in a Familiar Dialogue Between Mr. Wiseman and Mr. Attentive is a 1680 book by John Bunyan. It was designed as a companion to The Pilgrim's Progress and was published by Nathaniel Ponder.