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Back cover blurb:
Terry Pratchett takes Shakespeare's Macbeth and then turns it up 'till the knob comes off. It's all there - a wicked duke and duchess, the ghost of the murdered king, dim soldiers, strolling players, a land in peril. And who stands between the Kingdom and destruction? Three witches. Granny Weatherwax (intolerant, self-opinionated, powerful), Nanny Ogg (down-to-earth, vulgar) and Magrat Garlick (naive, fond of occult jewellery and bunnies).
Stephen Briggs has been involved in amateur dramatics for over vears and he assures us that the play can be staged without needing the budget of industrial Light and Magic. Not only that, but the cast should still be able to be in the pub by 10 o'clock!
Oh, and a word of advice omitted from the play text:
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About the authors:
Terry Pratchett was born in 1948 and is still not dead. He started work as a journalist one day in 1965 and saw his first corpse three hours later, work experience meaning something in those days. After doing just about every job it's possible to do in provincial journalism, except of course covering Saturday afternoon football, he joined the Central Electricity Generating Board and became press officer for four nuclear power stations. He'd write a book about his experiences if he thought anyone would believe it.
All this came to an end in 1987 when it became obvious that the Discworld series was much more enjoyable than real work. Since then the books have reached double figures and have a regular place in the bestseller lists. He also writes books for younger readers. Occasionally he gets accused of literature.
Terry Pratchett lives in Wiltshire with his wife Lyn and daughter Rhianna. He says writing is the most fun anyone can have by themselves.
Stephen Briggs was born in Oxford in 1951 and he still lives there, with his wife Ginny and their sons, Philip and Christopher.
In what would generally pass for real life he works for a small government department dealing with the food industry. However, as an escape to a greater reality, he has been involved for many years in the rnachiavellian world of amateur dramatics, which is how he came to discover the Discworld.
Stephen is, by nature, a Luddite, but the Discworld has drawn him into the world of PCs, wordprocessing and electronic mail; he has even been known to paddle on the Internet. His other interests include sketching, back-garden ornithology and Christmas. He has never read Lord of the Rings all the way through.
Rights of performance are controlled by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Briggs and the publication of this play does not imply that it is necessarily available for performance by amateurs or professionals either in the British Isles or overseas. Anyone contemplating a production must apply to Stephen Briggs at PO Box 655, Oxford OX3 oPD ([email protected]), for consent before starting rehearsals or booking a theatre or hall.
Play first performed by the Studio Theatre Club
at the Unicorn Theatre, Abingdon
on 15 to 18 May 1991
Corgi edition published 1996
ISBN 0 552 14430 4
Wyrd Sisters originally published in Great Britain by Victor Gollancz Ltd
Copyright © Terry and Lyn Pratchett 1988
Stage adaption copyright © 1996 by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Briggs
The right of Terry Pratchett and Stephen Briggs to be identified as the authors of this work has been asserted in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988.
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