With him, and with Bethan (a qualified sacrificial victim), they encounter druids, trolls, adventurers, a hairdresser and a power-crazed wizardĪnd did we mention that Rincewind also has to save the world from destruction by a huge Red Star destined to collide with the Discworld at Hogswatch? In a city teeming with vampires, werewolves, dwarfs with attitude and golems, Vimes must solve the crimes and save the Patrician.Īs a punishment, failed wizard Rincewind is given the task of guiding and safeguarding the Disc’s first tourist, Twoflower (with his magical luggage on legs)Īs they travel the city and beyond, they meet the world’s oldest hero, Cohen the Barbarian
He and his team must question everyone the butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker No one knows who, no one knows why and, worst of all, no one knows how he just gets weaker and weakerĪcross the city, people are being murdered, but there’s no trace of anything alive having been at the crime sceneĬommander Vimes, Head of the City Watch, is a man who hates ‘clues’ Someone is killing Lord Vetinari, Patrician of Ankh-Morpork Stephen Briggs skillfully brings Terry Pratchett’s Discworld to the Stage The Constable character from the workhouse then haunts Scrooge and appears every time he chooses money over humanity. Unique to this adaptation, playwright Gary Own fills in the missing details in Scrooge’s background to explain his miserliness: how he was sent to a workhouse as a boy, starved, beaten and nearly worked to death. This adaptation and the large size of the cast make it the perfect edition for the thousands of school performances which are held across the country each year during the holiday season.
This adaptation is not the stuffy stereotype of Victorian England but is unconventionally humorous, gritty and not at all tame in confronting poverty, greed and issues of unfairness in society: themes that will strikingly resonate with modern audiences. This is the first play adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic novel from an award-winning playwright who remains close to the original text but significantly updates the humor and fleshes out in spoken dialogue many of the important character passages from the book. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens adapted by Gary Owen
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