The Rince Cycle

[The Mad Collector]

Newly appeared on Amazon and credited to both Terry and Stephen Briggs

'The Rince Cycle' (an adventure based on the early Rincewind books). One of Pratchett's most popular and enduring characters Rincewind is a failed student at the Unseen University for Wizards in Ankh-Morpork, and is often described by scholars as 'the magical equivalent to the number zero'. He spends just about all his time running away from various bands of people who want to kill him for various reasons. Born with a wizard's spirit, he luckily also has the body of a long-distance sprinter, so has managed to stay alive over thirty novels, his most famous characteristic being able to solve minor problems by turning them into major disasters. The Rince Cycle mashes his best moments into a two hour show.

Apparently due out 1st February 2015 - no cover picture at the moment

http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Rince-Cycle ... s_cs_all_2

 

[raptornx01]

A children's book a la "Where's my cow?" possibly?

 

[Jan Van Quirm]

Sounds interesting though

Also there's an 'also bought' thing underneath for the Long Utopia Bk 4 under it.... :think:

 

[=Tamar]

Newly appeared on Amazon and credited to both Terry and Stephen Briggs
'The Rince Cycle'[...] mashes his best moments into a two hour show.

"Show"? That sounds like an audiobook compilation.
Could still be good. I wonder whether it will fit onto a single cd.

 

[Molokov]

The Rince Cycle is Stephen Briggs' playscript adaptation of The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic. The Studio Theatre Club performed it in November 2013. ( see e.g. http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/leisure/the ... f_a_play_/ )

Stephen is publishing a few more of his scripts this year - this one, Feet of Clay and Unseen Academicals. Many other of his adaptations have been published through various publishers, you can find them all if you search hard

(Note: The playscript of "Lords and Ladies" available is by Irana Brown, but Briggs did do his own adaptation many years after Brown did hers, but his version hasn't been published.)

 

[Who's Wee Dug]

I don't hink I will bother with this one. :|

 

[raptornx01]

I thought he released his play versions online for free so people could use them?

Eitherway, I agree, being basically an abridgement makes the interest wane a bit.

 

[Molokov]

I don't think Briggs has ever released any of his scripts online for free. He has certainly allowed theatre companies with a proven track record to use his unpublished scripts that he owns the rights to (although approval of all Discworld play productions - whether adapted by Stephen or not - has to go through Colin Smythe). Some of the published scripts have production rights with other companies (e.g. Samuel French for Carpe Jugulum and Maskerade)

I wouldn't call The Rince Cycle an abridgement - it's a playscript, that just happens to be based on two books instead of one.

 

[The Mad Collector]

I think it could be fun

 

[=Tamar]

The Rince Cycle is Stephen Briggs' playscript adaptation of The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic. The Studio Theatre Club performed it in November 2013. [...] Stephen is publishing a few more of his scripts this year - this one, Feet of Clay and Unseen Academicals. Many other of his adaptations have been published through various publishers, you can find them all if you search hard

Ooh. I just might try to get those.

 

[Who's Wee Dug]

Just seen the new cover, it's a bit short. The Rince Cycle is mostly based on The Light Fantastic, with bits of The Colour of Magic and Sourcery added for good measure.

Publisher: Oberon Books Ltd (1 Feb. 2015) Paperback: 64 pages £6.99

 

[Molokov]

It looks like the same publishers are releasing this, the Unseen Academicals and Feet of Clay scripts all at the same time, but also together in a single volume.

http://www.bookdepository.com/All-Discw ... 1783191628
http://www.bookdepository.com/Unseen-Ac ... 1783191949
http://www.bookdepository.com/Rince-Cyc ... 1783191963
http://www.bookdepository.com/Feet-Clay ... 1783191956

 

[Who's Wee Dug]

Looks like there are going to be a slew of those books, the compleatists will be tearing their hair out. :twisted:

 

[Who's Wee Dug]

Much prefer the USA edition

 

[Molokov]

So... they use the image relating to "The Last Continent" for a playscript based on "The Colour of Magic" and "The Light Fantastic"???

(BTW, If you want to get a stage version of The Last Continent, Pamela Munt of Unseen Theatre Company[1] has done it twice, and it was pretty good both times... she may be willing to supply her script to other amdram companies wanting to produce it.)

[1] http://www.unseen.com.au

 

[Ghost]

I don't hink I will bother with this one. :|

brought it by accident and have spent 10 minutes back tracking cancelling my order
oops :|

 

[Molokov]

Stephen Briggs just posted the following photo to Facebook:

It's the collected scripts (The Rince Cycle / Feet of Clay / Unseen Academicals) - this is the actual UK cover.

 

[Rippers]

Has anyone read the script? I'm running a student theatre group in Durham that specialises in Discworld adaptations so it could be a fun one to put on in the future?

 

[Molokov]

I've read it - it's basically the plot of the Light Fantastic with a little bit of Colour of Magic thrown in towards the beginning, with a scene from Sourcery as well - but it's Rincewind's reminiscences of his early days which explains several gaps/time jumps in the story (the Sourcery bit is a diversion, just included because it's funny). If you have an audience that already knows Discworld and comes to many of your Discworld plays it'd go over fairly well. I expect if your audience is new to Discworld each time you put on a play, then this may not be your best choice - go with one of the plays that stands well on its own: Mort, Wyrd Sisters, Guards! Guards!, Men at Arms, Lords and Ladies, and possibly more.

 

[Rippers]

I've read it - it's basically the plot of the Light Fantastic with a little bit of Colour of Magic thrown in towards the beginning, with a scene from Sourcery as well - but it's Rincewind's reminiscences of his early days which explains several gaps/time jumps in the story (the Sourcery bit is a diversion, just included because it's funny). If you have an audience that already knows Discworld and comes to many of your Discworld plays it'd go over fairly well. I expect if your audience is new to Discworld each time you put on a play, then this may not be your best choice - go with one of the plays that stands well on its own: Mort, Wyrd Sisters, Guards! Guards!, Men at Arms, Lords and Ladies, and possibly more.

Thanks for the advice! We like to keep our shows accessible to non-Discworld fans so maybe we'll give it a miss We have actually done all the ones you've suggested in previous years, except Mort and Men at Arms (which I'm suggesting future committees might want to do).

We had a lot of success with Monstrous Regiment last year, which doesn't really require any background reading for newcomers to the Disc