Richard Burton brought me here .. well .. I'm going to listen to Richard Burton again and again 😅 .. I find his rendering of this extract better than Branagh's 🤔
I played as Professor Marvel and the wizard at my local theater a few years ago, and he was my personal favorite role to play. The reason why he's my personal favorite character was because even though he's a bit of a con man, he is a very good man at heart.
Even though Marvel was conning Dorothy with his crystal ball he meant well by trying to convince Dorothy to go back home and stop her from making a mistake by running away from home.He did the right thing and was even hoping Dorothy got home safely.Not too many strangers are that kind and considerate these days.Had this been in today's society a stranger like this would've really taken advantage of a young girl that's trying to run away from home.