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Encyclopedia > Madame Morrible

Madame Muriel Morrible is a character in author Gregory Maguire's 1995 novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West. The character also appears in the Broadway musical Wicked, which is based on Maguire's novel. She is the wicked headmistress of Shiz University and a cohort of The Wizard of Oz. Madame Morrible is an adept sorceress who instructs a sorcery seminar at Shiz. Gregory Maguire (born June 9, 1954 in Albany, New York) is an American author. ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ... Wicked, or Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, is a parallel novel by Gregory Maguire. ... For other uses of Broadway, see Broadway. ... Wicked is a Tony award-winning American musical produced by Universal Pictures with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, and a book by Winnie Holzman. ... Shiz University is a fictional university located in the Land of Ozwhich is a fictiona paradise in Gregory Maguires revisionist novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West. ... The Wizard, on the cover of Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz The Wizard of Oz (or simply The Wizard) is a fictional character in the Land of Oz created by American author L. Frank Baum and further popularized by the classic 1939 movie. ...


In the novel, Madame Morrible is described as a "fish shaped woman." She often has a Tik-Tok machine man called Grommetik to do her bidding and later commanded the creature to kill Doctor Dillamond, which Ama Clutch — Galinda's chaperone — witnessed. She uses Shiz to recruit young girls as soldiers and spies for the Wizard, but does not directly influence him. She believes that Animals should be "seen and not heard," which she states at a poetry reading, known as a Quell. Grommetik is a Tik-Tok in a Gregory Maguire novel entitled Wicked. ... Doctor Dillamond with Elphaba. ... Glinda depicted on the cover of Glinda of Oz Glinda (or Glinda the Good Witch) is a fictional character in the Land of Oz created by American author L. Frank Baum. ...


In the musical, Madame Morrible plays a bigger role as the antagonist, as she tricks Elphaba into using her powers to create winged monkeys for the Wizard. When Elphaba realizes this and flees, Madame Morrible spreads the rumor that she is the Wicked Witch of the West. Madame Morrible is especially talented at controlling the weather, and is later responsible for creating the cyclone that kills Nessarose (the Wicked Witch of the East) and brings Dorothy Gale into the land of Oz. She was played in the original Broadway production by Carole Shelley. Elphaba is the name given to the Wicked Witch of the West in Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire, as well as in the Broadway adaptation, Wicked. ... Winged monkeys (often referred to in adaptations and pop culture as flying monkeys) are characters from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, of enough impact between the books and the 1939 movie to have taken their own place in pop culture, regularly referenced in comedic or ironic situations as a source... The Wicked Witch, as portrayed by Margaret Hamilton in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz The Wicked Witch of the West (or simply The Wicked Witch) is a character in the fictional Land of Oz created by American author L. Frank Baum in his childrens books. ... Michelle Federer as Nessarose in the musical Wicked, with Sean McCourt as Frex Nessarose Thropp is the name of the Wicked Witch of the East in Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire, as well as in the Broadway adaptation, Wicked. ... The Wicked Witch of the East is a character in the fictional Land of Oz created by American author L. Frank Baum in his classic books. ... Doctor Who character, see Ace (Doctor Who). ... Oz is a fantasy region containing four countries under the rule of one monarch. ... Carole Shelley (born August 16, 1939) is a Tony Award-winning actress from London, England. ...


In the novel, Elphaba desires to kill Madame Morrible by bashing her head in with a marble trophy, but is minutes too late and ends up merely assaulting Madame Morrible's corpse. Since the musical is more oriented to younger audiences and families, Madame Morrible is not killed in that adaptation. Instead, Glinda orders the royal guards of Oz to take Madame Morrible to prison.


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Wicked: the synopsis (4191 words)
Madame Morrible states that her sorcery class is intended only for very talented students, and that she may not even teach a class this year.
Madame Morrible comes to the party, and approaches Galinda with a training wand, informing her that Elphaba was the one who insisted that Galinda be included in sorcery class.
Suddenly, both girls overhear Madame Morrible yelling down to the guards and to the gathered citizens of OZ: Madame Morrible cries out that Elphaba is loose in the castle, and is not to be trusted; she is evil, says Madame Morrible, and is responsible for the horrible mutation of the flying monkeys.
Madame Morrible - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (431 words)
Madame Morrible is a character in author Gregory Maguire's 1995 novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West.
Madame Morrible is an adept sorceress and instructs a sorcery seminar at Shiz.
Madame Morrible is especially talented at controlling the weather, and is later responsible for creating the cyclone that kills Nessarose (the Wicked Witch of the East) and brings Dorothy Gale into the land of Oz.
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