Hint think of wicked. But don't give the actress real name I only want the character's name.
2006-07-23 09:03:23 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Theater & Acting
oh and add her nick name too!
2006-07-23 09:09:02 · update #1
oh and add her nick name too!
2006-07-23 09:09:03 · update #2
Elphaba aka Fabala
2006-07-23 09:07:57 · answer #1 · answered by Heathery Lane 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Elphaba Thropp is her full name in the novel, Thropp signifying her lineage as the Thropp third descending, in line to inherit the title of Eminent Thropp.
in the musical, though, they only introduce her as Elphaba.
in the novel as well, she was named for a saint, called Saint Aelphaba, who was rumored to have walked through a waterfall (which is funny, because of Elphaba's allergic melty thing to water) anyway there's a whole story about her in Wicked: the life and times of the wicked witch of the west by Gregory Maguire. read the book. i hilighy reccomend it.
Elphaba is pronounced with a stress on the first syllable;
EL-pha-ba
nickname in the book and musical- Elphie. cute.
nichname in the novel only- Fabala.
and as someone said earlier, the inspiration for her name was derived from the initials of the author of the wizard of oz stories, L. Frank Baum, L Fa Ba :)
2006-07-23 18:52:43 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In Gregory Maguire's book, "Wicked", her name is Elphaba Thropp. But in original Wizard of Oz canon, she is simply "The Wicked Witch of the West", and we don't know if she was wicked from birth to...melting, or if somewhere along the way, she became wicked. L. Frank Baum never wrote her story. Modern audiences can only imagine their own version.
2006-07-26 17:08:00 · answer #3 · answered by Meg D 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The real name of the Wicked Witch of the West was Elphaba (Gregory Maguire loved the Wizard of Oz and this was one of the ways that he showed it...LFB are the initials of the author of WoO.). Her nickname was Elphie. Her full name was Elphaba the Third Thropp Descending (I think).
2006-07-24 16:39:40 · answer #4 · answered by Jessica H 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Elphaba. or Elphie as Galinda/Glinda calls her. Elphaba was originated from L. Frank Baum's (the original author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz book) initials.
L.F.B. =
Ell. Fuh. Buh
2006-07-23 18:48:01 · answer #5 · answered by GoDetroitTigers! 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Elphaba
2006-07-23 16:07:36 · answer #6 · answered by cackywalker 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Elphaba
2006-07-23 16:07:29 · answer #7 · answered by Taffi 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Elphaba - which is a play on the name L Frank Baum, the creator of the OZ novels.
2006-07-23 17:28:13 · answer #8 · answered by dewcoons 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hillary
2006-07-23 18:42:41 · answer #9 · answered by Mark 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with Elphaba.
2006-07-23 18:35:06 · answer #10 · answered by JessR 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋