‘Elphie’ Review: One Future Witch, Not So Wicked Gregory Maguire extends his fictional expansion of L. Frank Baum’s Oz, traveling back to the childhood of the antiheroic witch Elphaba.

Elphie: A Wicked Childhood Review - Gregory Maguire Delivers A Good Addition To Elphaba's History, But I Wanted More Of A Story From It Cynthing Erivo holding her hands out as Elphaba in Wicked ...

Elphie was born green, with razor-sharp teeth, which established her as an elemental being closer to nature than civilization. She is around three at the novel’s outset and has shed her bestial ...

Instead, “Elphie” serves as a psychological backstory to understand Elphaba’s character, explaining what made her one of the most iconic witched in literacy, theater and film.

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Instead, “Elphie” serves as a psychological backstory to understand Elphaba’s character, explaining what made her one of the most iconic witches in literacy, theater and film.

“Elphie” may even surprise devoted followers of the Wicked Years. The series is intended for adults (broadly defined) and grapples with mature themes. Yet Mr. Maguire, a scholar of fantasy and ...

Instead, "Elphie" serves as a psychological backstory to understand Elphaba's character, explaining what made her one of the most iconic witched in literacy, theater and film.

Instead, “Elphie” serves as a psychological backstory to understand Elphaba's character, explaining what made her one of the most iconic witched in literacy, theater and film.