
Granny Weatherwax (intolerant, self-opinionated, powerful), Nanny Ogg (down-to-earth, vulgar) and Magrat Garlick (naïve, fond of occult jewellery and bunnies). Wyrd Sisters a play by Terry Pratchett, is a take on Shakespeare’s Macbeth, and was adapted for stage by Stephen Briggs. And who stands between the Kingdom and destruction? Three witches. It’s all there – a wicked duke and duchess, the ghost of the murdered king, dim soldiers, strolling players, a land in peril. Stephen Briggs has been involved in amateur dramatics for over 25 years and he assures us that the play can be staged without needing the budget of Industrial. But even she found that meddling in royal politics was a lot more complicated than certain playwrights would have you believe. Terry Pratchett takes Shakespeare's Macbeth and then turns it up 'till. Granny Weatherwax was the most highly-regarded of the leaders the witches don’t have. Read 60 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. It helps to have a knowledge of Shakespearess play and an understanding of. Witches don’t have these kind of dynastic problems themselves – in fact, they don’t have leaders. Wyrd Sisters, comprising of the razor sharp Granny Weatherwax (played by Pamela Munt), the naughty Nanny Ogg (played by the hilarious Natalie Haigh) and the. The three witches (the wyrd sisters) - the fearsome Granny Weatherwax. mixes it up with his now globally famous Discworld characters and logic, and gives us a fantastically funny and entertaining play for all the family.

An infant heir and the crown of the kingdom, both missing… A king has been cruelly murdered, his throne usurped by his ambitious cousin.

Three witches have gathered on a lonely heath. Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Australia, Bahrain, Benin, Bermuda, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, Colombia, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Ecuador, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), Gabon Republic, Gambia, Germany, Ghana, Greenland, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Macau, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mexico, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, New Zealand, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Saint Helena, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somalia, South Africa, Suriname, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Vietnam, Virgin Islands (U.S.Terry Pratchett takes Shakespeare’s Macbeth and then turns it up till the knob comes off!ĭramatised by Stephen Briggs Directed by Scott Ward
