Did Margaret Hamilton who played the Wicked Witch of the West live in Massachusetts?
Schwartz was true to Maguire’s book in some regards, but had things changed in others. But one of the points on which the genius of literature and the genius of theater came together and wouldn’t budge was the tribute to Hamilton that Maguire had given in his original book. Hamilton was an early advocate of animal well-being. And under Maguire’s original creative touch and Schwartz’s creative transformation, the premier characteristic of Elphaba Thropp, the Wicked Witch of the West, became her passionate concern over animals.
