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== Adaptations == | |||
=== As playright === | |||
Briggs has written 24 plays adapting Pratchett's books for the amateur stage, most for his own amateur theatre company, the Studio Theatre Club, based around Oxford. Nearly all of these have been published, with amateur performance rights available (though not all via the same source - see his website for details). While most of the plays are direct adaptations of specific books, Briggs has also created new-ish stories by combining multiple plot strands, notably in ''The Rince Cycle'' (combing Rincewind's adventures in {{COM}}, {{TLF}} and {{S}}), ''The Shakespeare Codex'' (mixing {{SOD2}} and {{LL}} with ''A Midsummer Night's Dream''), and ''Murder in Ankh-Morpork'' (broadly {{MAA}} with added elements from {{G!G!}} and {{FOC}}; this is the only one of the plays not published). | |||
=== As actor === | |||
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Latest revision as of 14:51, 12 January 2025
Stephen Briggs is a British writer and actor best known to Discworld fans for three things: adapting the Discworld books for the amateur stage; co-authoring the various maps of the Discworld and other supplementary books, including all versions of The Discworld Companion; and reading nearly half of the original unabridged Discworld audiobooks for ISIS Books, taking over from Nigel Planer in 2000 beginning with The Fifth Elephant.
Books
As co-author
- The Discworld Companion and the later revisions The New Discworld Companion, Turtle Recall and The Ultimate Discworld Companion
- Nanny Ogg's Cookbook
- The Discworld Maps The Streets of Ankh-Morpork, The Discworld Mapp, Death's Domain and A Tourist Guide to Lancre
As audiobook narrator
All are unabridged Isis Books editions:
- Eric[1]
- The Fifth Elephant
- The Truth
- Thief of Time
- The Last Hero
- The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents
- Night Watch
- The Wee Free Men
- Monstrous Regiment[2]
- A Hat Full of Sky
- Going Postal
- Thud!
- Wintersmith
- Making Money
- Unseen Academicals
- I Shall Wear Midnight
- Snuff
- Raising Steam
- The Shepherd's Crown
He has also narrated un abridged editions of:
- The Science of Discworld[3]
- The Science of Discworld II: The Globe[3]
- The Science of Discworld III: Darwin's Watch[3]
- The Science of Discworld IV: Judgement Day[3]
- Truckers, Diggers and Wings
- Nation
- A Blink of the Screen[4]
Adaptations
As playright
Briggs has written 24 plays adapting Pratchett's books for the amateur stage, most for his own amateur theatre company, the Studio Theatre Club, based around Oxford. Nearly all of these have been published, with amateur performance rights available (though not all via the same source - see his website for details). While most of the plays are direct adaptations of specific books, Briggs has also created new-ish stories by combining multiple plot strands, notably in The Rince Cycle (combing Rincewind's adventures in The Colour of Magic, The Light Fantastic and Sourcery), The Shakespeare Codex (mixing The Science of Discworld II: The Globe and Lords and Ladies with A Midsummer Night's Dream), and Murder in Ankh-Morpork (broadly Men at Arms with added elements from Guards! Guards! and Feet of Clay; this is the only one of the plays not published).
As actor
Too many live productions to mention, often in the role of Lord Vetinari.
- Unseen Academicals - Drumknott[5]
Podcast episodes
As guest
Date | Show | Episode | External link |
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2023-04-13 | Imaginary Worlds | “Entering Discworld, Population: Terry Pratchett” | imaginaryworldspodcast.org |
External links
- stephenbriggs.com - official website
- Stephen Briggs on the L-Space Wiki
- Stephen Briggs on Wikipedia
Footnotes
- ↑ A later inclusion, as it was skipped in the recordings made with Nigel Planer. Briggs recorded it in 2001.
- ↑ Briggs won an Audie Award for this one.
- ↑ Jump up to: 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Fiction chapters only.
- ↑ Discworld stories only.
- ↑ Alongside Ray Fearon as Vetinari. It's a bit confusing remembering who's who if you've heard Briggs play Vetinari elsewhere.