Reviews

All the Discworld's a Stage: Unseen Academicals, Feet of Clay and The Rince Cycle by Stephen Briggs, Terry Pratchett

ninjamuse's review against another edition

lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

molokov's review against another edition

3.0

Stephen Briggs's adaptations of Feet of Clay, The Rince Cycle (a kind of Colour of Magic/Light Fantastic/Sourcery merging) and Unseen Academicals give amateur theatre groups a few more plays that they can perform. The scripts are quite good, although the scenes from Sourcery in the Rince Cycle seem completely out of place, as they don't really fit with the rest of the play, and are just put in for some good jokes. But then again, that entire play does feel like it's aimed purely at Discworld fans as an audience, as many (unstageable) details of Rincewind's early adventures are skipped over but are still assumed to have happened. Feet of Clay and Unseen Academicals are much more craftily structured, and make me want to go back and read the novels again to see exactly what had to be cut!