Doctor Dillamond
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| Doctor Dillamond | |
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 Doctor Dillamond with Elphaba |
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| First appearance | Wicked (1995) |
| Last appearance | Wicked (1995) |
| Cause/reason | Killed |
| Created by | Gregory Maguire |
| Portrayed by | William Youmans |
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| Species | Goat |
| Gender | male |
| Age | unknown |
| Date of birth | unknown |
| Occupation | Teacher at Shiz |
| Address | Possibly Shiz |
Doctor Dillon Dillamond is a character in author Gregory Maguire's 1995 novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West. The character also appears in the Broadway musical and West End theatre musical Wicked which is based on Maguire's novel. In both versions, Doctor Dillamond is a Goat who has the ability to speak and interact with humans. He is a professor at Shiz University. Because he is the only Animal professor at Shiz ("Animals" starting with a capital letter, like "Goat", are sentient beings), he is subjected to discrimination from his students and colleagues. However, Elphaba (the future Wicked Witch of the West) takes a liking to him. Doctor Dillamond causes the character of Galinda to change her name to simply "Glinda," because he can not pronounce the first syllable.
[edit] Novel
In Maguire's novel, Doctor Dillamond is assisted by Elphaba and a munchkin named Boq in researching and conducting some controversial experiments. Eventually, another character, Ama Clutch finds him dead in his office. The novel implies that he was killed by Grommetik, the mechanical servant of headmistress Madame Morrible. However, this is never proven.
[edit] Musical
In the musical adaptation of Maguire's work, Doctor Dillamond is the unfortunate victim of the The Wizard's attempts at controlling the Animal population - especially those that he fears might be teaching subversive or anti-Wizard material. Arrested and removed from his position at Shiz University, Dillamond is transformed into a regular, non-speaking, non-communicating goat. This confirms his earlier worries expressed in the song "Something Bad," in which he tells Elphaba about rumors of Animals losing their powers of speech.
When Elphaba discovers what has happened to Dillamond, she turns against the Wizard, an enormous step in her transformation into the Wicked Witch of the West.
Glinda says during the show she will countinue Elphaba's work. This may imply that Doctor Dillamond could be turned back to normal.
The character of Doctor Dillamond was originally played on Broadway by William Youmans, on tour and in Los Angeles by Timothy Britten Parker, in Chicago by Steven Skybell, and in London's West End by Martin Ball. In the German original cast, he is portrayed by Michael Günther.
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