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ISBN: | 0552144304 (ISBN13: 9780552144308) |
Edition Language: | English |
Series: | Discworld Stage Adaptations, Terry Pratchett's Discworld: The Illustrated Screenplays |
Terry Pratchett
Paperback | Pages: 154 pages Rating: 4.34 | 8099 Users | 49 Reviews
Be Specific About Containing Books Wyrd Sisters: The Play (Discworld Stage Adaptations)
Title | : | Wyrd Sisters: The Play (Discworld Stage Adaptations) |
Author | : | Terry Pratchett |
Book Format | : | Paperback |
Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 154 pages |
Published | : | May 1st 1996 by Transworld Publishers |
Categories | : | Fantasy. Plays. Fiction. Humor. Comedy. Science Fiction Fantasy. Comic Fantasy |
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Cute. Really does a great job of dramatising the book. Can see why it’s such a hit.Rating Containing Books Wyrd Sisters: The Play (Discworld Stage Adaptations)
Ratings: 4.34 From 8099 Users | 49 ReviewsNotice Containing Books Wyrd Sisters: The Play (Discworld Stage Adaptations)
I love Terry Prachett's books in general but particularly those involving the witches as much in this world could be solved by 'headology'.Gutted about his personal health situation for him and family and the loss to all of us w3ho love his books.This is how Macbeth should have been written. Be warned. You may laugh so hard that you may actually pull a muscle.
The premise was interesting but the writing was terrible. The dialogue was okay but I absolutely hated the 'stage directions'. There were no stage directions. It was just the author telling the reader about his production. It wasn't amusing and things like "hits them over the head with a rock, or whatever your props people can find" is just unnecessary. I like my playwrights to put down what they want to happen and leave it up to the theater groups to figure out how to make it work.I will say,
Re-reading again. Pratchett meets Shakespeare, and particularly Macbeth. Given that I 'did' Macbeth for A level, have directed it, taught it for years, I know it pretty well and still love it! Lady Macbeth is one of my literary heroines but even her incarnation as the Duchess of Felmet can't compete with the awesome Granny Weatherwax. This was our first introduction to Granny, Nanny Ogg and the ineffectual Magrat Garlick, the only coven in Lancre. Mingling shades of Macbeth with Hamlet,
The best of the Pratchett novels, I believe - amazing!!
Impeccable imagination, unique storytelling ability, and a master of writing. Granny Weatherwax is something else.
It's been a long time since I read Wyrd Sisters, which was one of the first Discworld Books that I read and having fallen in love with Ankh Morpork, I haven't really revisited. But this adaptation for the stage by Stephen Briggs reminded me how much fun the story is. And I'd love to see this put on. I must go and reread the book.
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