This idea is explicitly stated by the Fool, who says that "the past is what people remember, and memories are words.

He is the author of the phenomenally successful Discworld series and his trilogy for young readers, The Bromeliad, is scheduled to be adapted into a spectacular animated movie. So if you do enjoy the play you can read the books and enjoy the rest of their mad adventures. In early October 2004, Brendon Burns - a delusional, god-fearing, drug addict, manic depressive and The Discworld is not earth. This was our first introduction to Granny, Nanny Ogg and the ineffectual Magrat Garlick, the only coven in Lancre. ", spoken by one of three witches on a stormy night). They are a genuine phenomenon as you can buy Discworld Quiz books, Discworld music, Discworld games (Eric Idle of Monty Python fame plays Rincewind in two computer games!

There are the RINCEWIND books featuring an inept Wizard who only knows one spell: 'The Colour of Magic', 'The Light Fantastic', 'Sorcery', 'Interesting Times', 'Eric' and 'The Last Continent'.

Thirteen years after the film's release, despite the legal dispute, Macbeth, stated to be quite possibly the favourite Shakespeare play of, Interestingly, the Spanish edition of the books refers to the band by the name. The Discworld books are spoofs, they are satires, they are adventures, they are... bloody funny. Franz Ferdinand To Play Ugly Sisters In Next 'Harry Potter' Flick?

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But this adaptation for the stage by Stephen Briggs reminded me how much fun the story is. The King is dead, Long Live the King! It was hilarious and well done. Following the National Theatre's success with plays based on novels by well-loved children's writers like There has been an animated version and a 4-part BBC Radio 4 dramatisation, as well as a play adaptation by Stephen Briggs. Really not as funny as Pratchett, and not, I think, how I would have adapted it, but it did make me think about those things, at least.

Not only that, but the cast should still be able to be in the pub by 10 o'clock! To see what your friends thought of this book.

Play Wyrd Sisters 'Wyrd Sisters' is Terry Pratchett's sixth Discworld novel, published in 1988, and re-introduces Granny Weatherwax of 'Equal Rites'.

53 reviews Adapted for the stage by Stephen Briggs, in this tale there is a wicked duke and duchess, a ghost of a murdered king, dim soldiers, strolling players, and a land in peril.

Jarvis Cocker (of Pulp) as Myron Wagtail – vocals Jonny Greenwood (of Radiohead) as Kirley Duke – lead guitar

I prefer the kookier stories. He feels it may be time to get a life, since apparently they're terribly useful.

King Verence I of Lancre is murdered by his cousin, Duke Felmet, and the King's crown and a baby are given by an escaping servant to the three witches. His first novel, a humorous fantasy entitled, Terry Pratchett's Discworld: The Illustrated Screenplays, Interview with Terry Pratchett & Stephen Baxter. I've listened to the BBC Radio version, read the play and seen it performed a couple of times. If you have never read any Pratchett, start with this one as it doesn't rely on the usual tropes of wizards, trolls and the like, you're in for a treat.

The Disc is made up of a number of countries including Lancre which you will see tonight. I first read this not long after it was published, which, I have just realised was a very long time ago (1989) and yet it remains as fresh and as funny as it was on first reading. However, the kingdom is angry and doesn't want to wait 15 years so the witches move it forward in time. In Wyrd Sisters, Terry Pratchett takes Shakespeare’s Macbeth and then turns it up ‘till the knob comes off. A quick skim through the play reveals that not only does it feature witches, lightning bolts being thrown across the stage and witches flying on broomsticks, it also features a physical manifestation of a demon.