Twister (play)

1999 play by Ken Kesey

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Twister: A Ritual Reality in Three Quarters Plus Overtime if Necessary
Written by	Ken Kesey, Ken Babbs
Date premiered	May 26, 1994 (1994年05月26日)^[1]
Place premiered	Fillmore West Resurrection, San Francisco, CA, US^[1]

Twister: A Ritual Reality in Three Quarters Plus Overtime if Necessary, is a 1999 play by Ken Kesey, loosely based on L. Frank Baum's 1900 novel, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and the 1939 film version, The Wizard of Oz . The play also features the West African deity Legba.

Kesey starred as the Wizard of Oz in the premiere of the play with Ken Babbs (as "Frankie Frankenstein") and other Merry Pranksters. A video of this production was released in 2000 by Key-Z Productions titled Twister: A Musical Catastrophe.

References

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^ ^a ^b "Twister : a ritual reality in three quarters plus overtime if necessary in SearchWorks catalog". SearchWorks catalog. 1994年05月27日. Retrieved 2018年02月12日.

External links

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Twister: A Musical Catastrophe (2000) at IMDb

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Ken Kesey

Novels

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1962)
Sometimes a Great Notion (1964)
Caverns (1989)
Sailor Song (1992)
Last Go Round (1994)

Novel adaptations	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1963) Sometimes a Great Notion (1971) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Novel collections	Kesey's Garage Sale (1973) Demon Box (1986)

The Merry Pranksters

Documentaries	The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test Magic Trip Going Furthur
Notable followers	Neal Cassady Ken Babbs Carolyn Garcia Paul Foster Dorothy Fadiman Stewart Brand Del Close Wavy Gravy Paul Krassner Lee Quarnstrom Ed McClanahan Gurney Norman Robert Stone Emilia Hazelip

Plays

Twister

Memorials

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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum

Books

Baum	The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) The Marvelous Land of Oz (1904) Ozma of Oz (1907) Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz (1908) The Road to Oz (1909) The Emerald City of Oz (1910) The Patchwork Girl of Oz (1913) Tik-Tok of Oz (1914) The Scarecrow of Oz (1915) Rinkitink in Oz (1916) The Lost Princess of Oz (1917) The Tin Woodman of Oz (1918) The Magic of Oz (1919) Glinda of Oz (1920)
Thompson	The Royal Book of Oz (1921) Kabumpo in Oz (1922) The Cowardly Lion of Oz (1923) Grampa in Oz (1924) The Lost King of Oz (1925) The Hungry Tiger of Oz (1926) The Gnome King of Oz (1927) The Giant Horse of Oz (1928) Jack Pumpkinhead of Oz (1929) The Yellow Knight of Oz (1930) Pirates in Oz (1931) The Purple Prince of Oz (1932) Ojo in Oz (1933) Speedy in Oz (1934) The Wishing Horse of Oz (1935) Captain Salt in Oz (1936) Handy Mandy in Oz (1937) The Silver Princess in Oz (1938) Ozoplaning with the Wizard of Oz (1939) Yankee in Oz (1972) The Enchanted Island of Oz (1976)
Other	The Magical Monarch of Mo (1899) Dot and Tot of Merryland (1901) The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus (1902) Queen Zixi of Ix (1904) John Dough and the Cherub (1906) The Sea Fairies (1911) Sky Island (1912) Little Wizard Stories of Oz (1913) The Wonder City of Oz (1940) The Scalawagons of Oz (1941) Lucky Bucky in Oz (1942) The Magical Mimics in Oz (1946) The Shaggy Man of Oz (1949) The Hidden Valley of Oz (1951) Merry Go Round in Oz (1963) The Forbidden Fountain of Oz (1980) The Ozmapolitan of Oz (1986) The Wicked Witch of Oz (1993) The Giant Garden of Oz (1993) The Runaway in Oz (1995) The Rundelstone of Oz (2000) The Emerald Wand of Oz (2005) Trouble Under Oz (2006)

Characters

Baum

Post-Baum

Elements

Stage

The Wizard of Oz (1902)
The Woggle-Bug (1905)
The Tik-Tok Man of Oz (1913)
The Wizard of Oz (1942)
The Wiz (1974)
The Marvelous Land of Oz (1981)
The Wizard of Oz (1987)
The Wizard of A.I.D.S. (1987)
Twister (1994)
Wicked: The Untold Story of the Witches of Oz (2003)
The Wizard of Oz (2011)
The Woodsman (2012)

Films

The Fairylogue and Radio-Plays (1908)
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1910)
The Patchwork Girl of Oz (1914)
The Magic Cloak of Oz (1914)
His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz (1914)
The Wizard of Oz (1925)
The Wizard of Oz (1933)
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
The Wizard of Oz (1950)
The Rainbow Road to Oz (unproduced)
Return to Oz (1964, TV)
The Wizard of Mars (1965)
The Wonderful Land of Oz (1969)
Ayşecik ve Sihirli Cüceler Rüyalar Ülkesinde (1971)
Journey Back to Oz (1972)
Oz (1976)
The Wiz (1978)
The Wizard of Oz (1982)
Os Trapalhões e o Mágico de Oróz (1984)
Return to Oz (1985)
Dorothy Meets Ozma of Oz (1987)
The Dreamer of Oz: The L. Frank Baum Story (1990)
The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True (1995)
Lion of Oz (2000)
The Muppets' Wizard of Oz (2005)
Apocalypse Oz (2006)
After the Wizard (2011)
Tom and Jerry and the Wizard of Oz (2011)
Dorothy and the Witches of Oz (2012)
Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)
Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return (2014)
OzLand (2014)
Guardians of Oz (2015)
The Wiz Live! (2015)
Tom and Jerry: Back to Oz (2016)
The Steam Engines of Oz (2018)
Rainbow (2022)
Wicked (2024)
Wicked: For Good (2025)

Television

Tales of the Wizard of Oz (1961)
Off to See the Wizard (1967–68)
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1986–87)
The Wizard of Oz (1990)
The Wonderful Galaxy of Oz (1992–93)
The Oz Kids (1996)
Tin Man (2007)
"Wizard of Odd" (2010)
Once Upon a Time (2011–18)
Lost in Oz (2015–18)
Emerald City (2017)
Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz (2017–20)

Books

The Wizard of the Emerald City (1939)
A Barnstormer in Oz (1982)
Mister Tinker in Oz (1985)
Dorothy of Oz (1989)
Sir Harold and the Gnome King (1991)
Was (1992)
Queen Ann in Oz (1993)
The Magic Dishpan of Oz (1994)
The Wicked Years
- Wicked (1995)
- Son of a Witch (2005)
- A Lion Among Men (2008)
- Out of Oz (2011)
Visitors from Oz (1998)
Paradox in Oz (1999)
Oz Before the Rainbow (2000)
The Hidden Prince of Oz (2000)
The Unknown Witches of Oz (2000)
Bloodstained Oz (2006)
The Secret Order of the Gumm Street Girls (2006)
Dorothy Must Die (2014)
The Wicked Will Rise (2015)

Comics

Queer Visitors from the Marvelous Land of Oz (1904–05)
Adventures in Oz (1986–92)
The Enchanted Apples of Oz (1986)
Oz Squad (1991)
Lost Girls (1991–92)
Dorothy (2004–07)
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (2005)
Cheshire Crossing (2006–19)
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (2009)
The Marvelous Land of Oz (2010)

Games

The Wizard of Oz (1985)
The Wizard of Oz (1993)
The Wizard of Oz: Beyond the Yellow Brick Road (2008)
Emerald City Confidential (2009)
Ripened Tingle's Balloon Trip of Love (2009)
The Wizard of Oz (2010)
The Wizard of Oz (2013)

Music

1939 film	"Over the Rainbow" "Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead" "We're Off to See the Wizard" "If I Only Had a Brain" "The Merry Old Land of Oz" "If I Were King of the Forest"
Wicked	"The Wizard and I" "Popular" "Defying Gravity" "As Long as You're Mine" "No Good Deed" "For Good"
Other	The Wozard of Iz (1968) "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" (1973) Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1973) Meco Plays The Wizard of Oz (1978) The Wizard of Oz: Live Australian Cast Recording (2001) Oz the Great and Powerful (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2013) Wicked: The Soundtrack (2024) Wicked: The Original Motion Picture Score (2024)