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Our version of the Wizard of Oz was written by Miranda Parker and was set on Oldham rather than Kansas. This was a conscious decision because of our audience is from Oldham the story was more relatable, a lot of children from Oldham me being included grow up being told how Oldham isn't a good place to live and the government agree with multiple articles being published criticizing Oldham. However, to have a fairytale set in Oldham the main character being so real it really brings a true fairy tale to the school children of Oldham. We also use Oldham's reputation to our advantage with humor, there are a lot of jokes about the spelling with the scarecrow asking “What's OLD-HAM?’ as well as a lot of confused and disgusted looks at the name like when I play Glinda the lyrics to my song are “and OLDHAM (disgusted look)  she says is the name of the star”

In the book there is a lot of symbolism representing the American social and political climate of the 1890s. This is has been a continue even in each the wizard of oz's various adaptations. Dorothy represents the American ideals she is the lead led astray and looking for her home, she follows the yellow(golden in the book) to the emerald city that represents the green paperback money that we have given a value to. Once she meets the wizard we find out he's been lying and isn't actually a good wizard at all. The wizard represents a seaming politician as people where more critical of political leaders during this time. Hugh Rockoff suggested in 1990 that the novel was an allegory about the demonetization of silver in 1873, whereby “the cyclone that carried Dorothy to the Land of Oz represents the economic and political upheaval, the yellow brick road stands for the gold standard, and the silver shoes Dorothy inherits from the Wicked Witch of the East represents the pro-silver movement. When Dorothy is taken to the Emerald Palace before her audience with the Wizard she is led through seven passages and up three flights of stairs, a subtle reference to the Coinage Act of 1873  which started the class conflict in America.”
https://www.usmint.gov/news/inside-the-mint/mint-history-crime-of-1873 (information about the Coinage Act of 1873)

Historian Quentin Taylor believes that...

.The scarecrow represents the American farmers and the issues in late 1900 that relates to them. There was a lot of agricultural unrest in from 1865 to 1896 as declining prices moneylender and railroad corporations caused their unhappiness. https://eh.net/encyclopedia/the-economics-of-american-farm-unrest-1865-1900/ (more information about the American farming unrest)

.The Tin Man represents industrial workers and the American steel industry, during the 19th steel production became the dominant industry in America. After the Civil war, the American steel industry became the largest in the world turning America into the powerhouse it is today.

http://www.nationalmaterial.com/brief-history-american-steel-industry/(more information of the steel industry.)

.The Cowardly lion represents William Jennings Bryan, who was a politician who supported the free silver movement and many of his opponents said “he as a loud roar but no power or bite” He beloved that switching to silver backed currency would make money plentiful but it was never enacted and he lost to his opponent McKinley twice.

https://apecewamogo.wordpress.com/2013/10/24/the-cowardly-lion/ (more information on William Jennings Bryan)

Of course, our interpretation is different to the original as we don't hold American ideals our relate the American history if the 19th century but the story is still relevant because in our