Wyrd Sisters: The Play by Stephen Briggs

Wyrd Sisters: The Play Reviews

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  Kelly Furniss

  I listened to the BBC production of this play and it was brilliant.
  The cast did an amazing job and the witches were hilarious really bringing Sir Terry Pratchett's book alive. I decided I needed to slow down the speed to be able to follow the plot but this did not effect the enjoyment. I can see why the witches are many fans favourites as they put a spin on Macbeth.
  A very enjoyable audiobook.
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  Sakina Murdock

  My favourite Terry Pratchett book and the first one I ever read, Wyrd Sisters is a Discworld take on MacBeth. The witches are hilarious and the storms magnificent.
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  Tim

  A bit predictable even while a bit confusing at times. Nonetheless, another fine story by Sir Pratchett in his Discworld series. 6 of 10 stars
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  Carien

  Loved reading it again. The play script gave a different experience all together
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  Bryn (Plus Others)

  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. I appreciated the notes from Briggs about the decisions they made and how they staged it.
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  Angelique

  Cute. Really does a great job of dramatising the book. Can see why it’s such a hit.
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  Daniela

  Maybe I'm a boring person, but I found this book, well, boring. It was close to being a DNF for me.
  Whatever was supposed to be funny was just weird to me (or Wyrd, if you'd like).
  
  So you if you, like me, are not into fantasy that much, you may not enjoy this one no matter how much your fantasy-enthusiast friends recommend it.
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  Chelle

  I listened to the BBC production of this play. It was hilarious and well done.
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  Sue

  Not as funny to read as the book is, but then it's adapted from Terry Pratchett's best novel as far as I'm concerned. And of all of his books it was the one asking to become a play, as the plot is partly based om Macbeth and it involves a theatre company whose performance of a play even closer to Macbeth is disrupted by three witches!
  However I've also seen this play performed and it's a lot of fun!
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  Daniel W

  I read this stage adaptation with the idea of putting on the play. Happily, I got the opportunity to do so - even if it felt the script was missing a few key things, which luckily I was given permission to add back in.
  
  Briggs’ Pratchett scripts will only ever be a supplement to the novels, and that’s fine. And if you do put on the play, you make a donation to the Orangutan Foundation, and that’s always a good thing.
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  Don

  Entertained.
  He turns the inside of my truck into a fantasy of thaumaturgical wonder. He builds a world "inside the world, which reflected it in pretty much the same way as a drop of water reflected the landscape. And yet ... and yet ... This is Art holding a Mirror up to Life." I liked spending time with the Wyrd Sisters, though there was something a bit scary about them as well.
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  Verity W

  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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  Monstah Slayah

  I've listened to the BBC Radio version, read the play and seen it performed a couple of times. It is so so good.
  I first saw it in '97 and the guy who played Felmet was so good I still remember his performance when reading the book and the play.
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  Maria Elmvang

  Amazing how many details I'd forgotten in the years since we performed this (2002). I just WISH we'd gotten around to getting a copy of the recording before the theater society disbanded.
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  Monica

  Always love some Terry Pratchette!
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  Brian

  Read the book and skip this BBC adaptation. It was okay but the effects were extremely intrusive and made it hard to follow.
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  codenamerogue

  More whimsy than substance but, like, in a good way?
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  AGMaynard

  For Quarantine Drama Club!
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  Kitten

  Magic Squares 2020: Fantasy.
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  Lynne

  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, Pratchett as ever throws in the jokes and puns to great effect. We have Hwel the Dwarf, playwright extraordinaire, Tomjon the real king but who now prefers to bestride the boards and the usual array of bizarre and engaging characters, including Death HIMSELF. 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. 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. Plus, you have the delights of Witches Abroad (which is even better) to come. Enjoy :-)
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  Emily

  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, however, that I did want to finish it because the story was interesting enough (though I disliked the ending, at least how it was executed in the play). I'm going to lend that to Terry Pratchett and not to Stephen Briggs.
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  Tina

  I liked the novel a lot better, but I was interested to see what it would read like as a play. I bet it'd be fun to watch, but reading it was just okay -- a lot of cool stuff got left out. Still a fun play on Macbeth and a way to get a quick taste of Discworld for ppl who don't want to commit to an entire book.
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  Solar

  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.