Wicked Witch of The East - Adaptations

Adaptations

• The Wicked Witch of the East was featured in The Wizard of Oz. Like the book, Dorothy's house fell on the Wicked Witch of the East. The Wicked Witch of the West was not pleased with Dorothy for the death of her sister. In the original book, the Wicked Witch of the West showed no remorse for the death of the East Witch, nor was she noted to be related to her in any way. She was only interested in the Silver Shoes. Before the Wicked Witch of the West can claim the magic footwear, the Wicked Witch of the East's feet disappear under the house and the shoes end up on Dorothy.

• In Alexander Melentyevich Volkov's The Wizard of the Emerald City, The Witch's name is Gingema. Like in the 1939 movie, the two Wicked Witches are sisters. In Magic Land, she is summoning a magical hurricane to destroy all humanity. However, the Good Witch of the North learns of her schemes, and changes the spell to only affect one house and drop it on Gingema's head. Unlike in Baum's books, while being the formal ruler of the Munchkins, she interfered little in their lives, and only demanded that people collect food for her. Since her food was snakes, leeches, spiders, and other similarly disgusting creatures which the Munchkins were afraid of, that was nevertheless a heavy burden for them.

• In the Broadway musical, The Wiz, the Wicked Witch of the East is named Evvamene ("Ever mean") and terrorizes the Munchkins.

• In the novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, by author Gregory Maguire, and in the hit musical version, the Wicked Witch of the East is portrayed as a beautiful but physically disabled young woman called Nessarose.

• In Roger S. Baum's Lion of Oz and the Badge of Courage, the Wicked Witch of the East is the main antagonist. The book was adapted into the 2000 animated film Lion of Oz. In the movie Lion of Oz she was voiced by Lynn Redgrave.

• In 2007, Turner Entertainment collaborated with Madame Alexander to create a series of McDonald's Happy Meal toys centered on the main characters from the 1939 movie, one of which was the Wicked Witch of the East. She is depicted as having blonde hair, a red shirt with a green belt and a burgundy dress over her distinguishable striped stockings and ruby slippers. She also is wearing a hat similar to the Witch of the West's, although it is colored red.

• In The Muppets' Wizard of Oz, the Wicked Witch of the East is played by Miss Piggy (as are all of the other witches). She manages to lift the house long enough to threaten the Munchkins before it falls back on top of her, killing her this time. Her shoes are then confiscated by the Good Witch of the North for Dorothy's use.

• The Wicked Witch of the East was featured in Dorothy and the Witches of Oz played by Sarah Lieving. She was in the middle of a battle between Glinda and the Good Witch of the North until Dorothy's house fell on her. The Wicked Witch of the West still blames Dorothy for her sister's death.

• The Witch is mentioned but not seen alive in a little known British TV version of "The Wizard of OZ" from 1995, which has her obtaining the Ruby Slippers when they fell off the feet of a visitor from over the rainbow (Zoe Salmon, in a quick appearance) when she wished herself home, which she then uses to rule over the Munchkins until Dorothys arrival causes her untimely demise.

• Rachel Weisz plays the Wicked Witch of the East who is named Evanora in the upcoming 2013 film Oz: The Great and Powerful.