Between the Covers

Softcover. Stated "Operatic Edition." Folio. Two nested bifolia making eight pages. The outer bifolium is separated along the fold but both leaves are present, edgewear, and rubbing to the exterior, a complete but good only copy. For voice and piano. Plate imprint, "So do I - 3."

Baum and composer, Louis F. Gottschalk, wrote three stage shows together, but *The Tik-Tok Man of Oz* was the only one to be produced. The production premiered in Los Angeles at the Majestic Theater on March 31, 1913. It was directed by Frank Stammers and produced by Oliver Morosco. The show was quite successful on the west coast but was met with mixed to negative reviews after premiering in Chicago. The show continued to tour the mid-west, west coast, and parts of Canada, eventually closing in January of 1914, never having made it to the east coast. The most recent revival was a production put on in 2014 for one night only at Winkie Con 50 in San Diego.

*OCLC* locates only a single holding, though we know there to be three other copies in library collections. An uncommon piece of the Oz canon.

Item #525195