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{{Book Data
{{Book Data
|title= Wyrd Sisters
|title=Wyrd Sisters
|cover=
|cover=[[File:Cover Wyrd Sisters.jpg|thumb|240px|Cover art by Josh Kirby]]
[[File:Cover Wyrd Sisters.jpg|240px|Cover art by Josh Kirby]]
|coauthors=
|coauthors=
|illustrator=
|illustrator=
|date= November 1988
|date=November 1988
|publisher= Victor Gollancz
|publisher=Victor Gollancz
|isbn=0552134600
|isbn=0575043636
|pages=251
|pages=251
|rrp=
|rrp=
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|notes= Book #06
|notes= Book #06
}}
}}
==Blurb==
==Blurb==
[[Witches magic|Witches]] are not by their nature gregarious, and they certainly don't have leaders.
[[Witches magic|Witches]] are not by their nature gregarious, and they certainly don't have leaders.
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==Characters==
==Characters==
===Main characters===
===Main characters===
* [[Esme Weatherwax]]
* [[Esme Weatherwax]]
* [[Nanny Ogg]]
* [[Nanny Ogg]]
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* [[Leonal Felmet]] and [[Lady Felmet]]
* [[Leonal Felmet]] and [[Lady Felmet]]
* The [[Verence II|Fool]]
* The [[Verence II|Fool]]
* [[Tomjon]]
* [[Tomjon|Tomjon Vitoller]]
* [[Olwyn Vitoller]]
* [[Olwyn Vitoller]]
* [[Hwel]]
* [[Hwel]]


=== Minor characters ===
===Minor characters===
 
* [[Death]]
* [[Death]]


=== Cameos and Mentions ===
===Cameos and Mentions===
 
* [[Goodie Whemper]], now dead witch who tutored Magrat
* [[Goodie Whemper]], now dead witch who tutored Magrat
* Former Lancre Kings and Queens
* Former Lancre Kings and Queens
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* [[Bentzen]], ruthlessly efficient killer
* [[Bentzen]], ruthlessly efficient killer
*[[Havelock Vetinari ]]
*[[Havelock Vetinari ]]
==Locations==
==Locations==
* [[Ramtops]]
* [[Ramtops]]
**[[Lancre]]
**[[Lancre]]
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** [[Mad Wolf]] (mentioned)
** [[Mad Wolf]] (mentioned)
** [[Razorback]] (mentioned)
** [[Razorback]] (mentioned)
*[[Ankh-Morpork]]
*[[Ankh-Morpork]]
* [[Klatch]] (mentioned)
* [[Klatch]] (mentioned)
* [[Thespia]] (mentioned)
* [[Thespia]] (mentioned)
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==Sentient Species==
==Sentient Species==
*[[Dwarfs]]
*[[Dwarfs]]
*[[Humans]]
*[[Humans]]


==Supernatural Entities==
==Supernatural Entities==
* [[Death]]
* [[Ghosts]]
* [[The gods|The Gods]] (mentioned)
* [[Demons]]


*[[Death]]
==Things/etc Referenced==
*[[Ghosts]]
*[[The gods|The Gods]] (mentioned)
 
== Things/etc Referenced ==
 
* [[Cripple Mister Onion]]
* [[Cripple Mister Onion]]
* [[Zen]], sub-sect of the philosophical system of [[Sumtin]] ("something"?)
* [[Zen]], sub-sect of the philosophical system of [[Sumtin]] ("something"?)
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* [[A Wizard's Staff Has A Knob On The End]], a drinking song w/ phallic overtones
* [[A Wizard's Staff Has A Knob On The End]], a drinking song w/ phallic overtones


== [[Roundworld]] references ==
==[[Roundworld]] References==
 
* {{wp|Hamlet|Hamlet}} and {{wp|Macbeth|Macbeth}}, plays by {{wp|William_Shakespeare|William Shakespeare}} (both in the main storyline and the play Hwel writes for Felmet)
* {{wp|Hamlet|Hamlet}} and {{wp|Macbeth|Macbeth}}, plays by {{wp|William_Shakespeare|William Shakespeare}} (both in the main storyline and the play Hwel writes for Felmet)
* {{wp|Snakes_and_ladders|Snakes and Ladders}}, a child's game (aka "Chutes and Ladders")
* {{wp|Snakes_and_ladders|Snakes and Ladders}}, a child's game (aka "Chutes and Ladders")
* {{wp|Gormenghast_%28castle%29|Gormenghast}}, a foreboding fictional castle (also mentioned in {{ER}})
* {{wp|Gormenghast_%28castle%29|Gormenghast}}, a foreboding fictional castle (also mentioned in {{ER}})
* {{wp|Zen|Zen}}, a philosophical system
* {{wp|Zen|Zen}}, a philosophical system
* The Marx Brothers (one of Hwel's discarded ideas)
* The Marx Brothers (one of Hwel's discarded ideas)
* Charlie Chaplin (one of Hwel's discarded ideas)
* Charlie Chaplin (one of Hwel's discarded ideas)
* Laurel and Hardy (one of Hwel's discarded ideas)
* Laurel and Hardy (one of Hwel's discarded ideas)


== Adaptions ==
==Adaptations==
===Radio===
A 4-part dramatisation was performed for BBC Radio 4, starring Sheila Hancock and Lynda Baron.
===Television===
{{TV Data
{{TV Data
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|cover=[[File:WyrdSistersDVDCover.jpg|200px]]
|date= 18 May 1997
|asin=B00004CV82
|imdb=0159931
|date=18 May 1997
|channel=Channel 4
|channel=Channel 4
|director= Jean Flynn
|director=Jean Flynn
|producer=  
|producer=  
|cast=Christopher Lee, Jane Horrocks, June Whitfield
|cast=Christopher Lee, Jane Horrocks, June Whitfield
|duration= 147 minutes
|duration=147 minutes
|episodes= 3
|episodes=6
|series= Witches Series
|series=Witches Series
|annotations=  
|annotations=  
|notes=  
|notes=  
|prev=[[Welcome to the Discworld]]
|prev=[[Welcome to the Discworld]]
|next=[[Soul Music#Television|Soul Music]]
|next=[[TV and Film:Soul Music|Soul Music]]
}}
}}
Wyrd Sisters became a two-part animated television adaptation of the book of the same name by Terry Pratchett, produced by Cosgrove Hall, and first broadcast on 18 May 1997. It was the second film adaptation of an entire Discworld novel (following the Welcome to the Discworld short, which was based on a fragment of the novel Reaper Man, and the Soul Music series). The VHS release spanned three tapes.
===[[TV and Film:Wyrd Sisters|Television]]===
Wyrd Sisters became a six-part animated television adaptation of the book of the same name by Terry Pratchett, produced by Cosgrove Hall, and first broadcast on 18 May 1997. It was the second film adaptation of an entire Discworld novel (following the ''[[Welcome to the Discworld]]'' short, which was based on a fragment of the novel Reaper Man, and the Soul Music series). The VHS release spanned three tapes.


====Cast====
Cast:
* [[Granny Weatherwax]] - [[Wikipedia:Annette Crosbie|Annette Crosbie]] (''One Foot in the Grave, Edward the Seventh'')
* [[Granny Weatherwax]] - [[Wikipedia:Annette Crosbie|Annette Crosbie]] (''One Foot in the Grave, Edward the Seventh'')
* [[Nanny Ogg]] - [[Wikipedia:June Whitfield|June Whitfield]] (''Terry and June, Last of the Summer Wine'')
* [[Nanny Ogg]] - [[Wikipedia:June Whitfield|June Whitfield]] (''Terry and June, Last of the Summer Wine'')
* [[Magrat Garlick]] - [[Wikipedia:Jane Horrocks|Jane Horrocks]] (''Little Voice, Chicken Run'')
* [[Magrat Garlick]] - [[Wikipedia:Jane Horrocks|Jane Horrocks]] (''Little Voice, Chicken Run'')
* [[Death]] - [[Wikipedia:Christopher Lee|Christopher Lee]] (''The Wicker Man, The Man with the Golden Gun, Lord of the Rings'' trilogy)  
* [[Death]] - [[Wikipedia:Christopher Lee|Christopher Lee]] (''The Wicker Man, The Man with the Golden Gun, Lord of the Rings'' trilogy)  
* [[Leonal Felmet|Duke Felmet]]/[[WxrtHltl-jwlpklz]] - Rob Rackstraw
* [[Lady Felmet]] - [[Wikipedia:Eleanor Bron|Eleanor Bron]] (''Help!'', the voice of ''BT'')
* [[Lady Felmet]] - [[Wikipedia:Eleanor Bron|Eleanor Bron]] (''Help!'', the voice of ''BT'')
* [[Tomjon|The Fool / Tomjon]] - [[Wikipedia:Les Dennis|Les Dennis]] (''Family Fortunes'')
* [[Verence II|The Fool]]/[[Tomjon]] - [[Wikipedia:Les Dennis|Les Dennis]] (''Family Fortunes'')
* Additional Voices - [[Wikipedia:Jimmy Hibbert|Jimmy Hibbert]]
* Additional Voices - [[Wikipedia:Jimmy Hibbert|Jimmy Hibbert]]
===[[Theatre Adaptations|Theatre]]===
In 1991 ''Wyrd Sisters'' was the first ever Discworld novel to be adapted for the stage by [[Stephen Briggs]]. The script was published in 1996.
===[[Radio Adaptations|Radio]]===
A 4-part dramatisation was performed for BBC Radio 4 in 1995. Adapted by Vince Foxall, directed by Claire Grove.
Cast:
*Sheila Hancock: [[Esmerelda Weatherwax|Granny Weatherwax]]
*Lynda Baron: [[Gytha Ogg|Nanny Ogg]]
*Deborah Berlin: [[Magrat Garlick]]
*Ian Masters: [[Leonal Felmet|Duke Felmet]]
*Kristin Milward: [[Lady Felmet]]
*John Hartley: [[Verence I|King Verence]]
*Andrew Branch: [[Verence II|Fool]]
*Gavin Muir: [[Olwyn Vitoller]], Demon
*Natasha Pine: Mrs Vitoller
*Brian Hibbard: [[Hwel]]
*Roger May: [[Tomjon]]
*Brian Hibbard: [[Shawn Ogg]]
*[[Death]]: [[Death]]
==Gallery==
{|
|-
| valign="top" | [[File:WS First.jpg|110px|thumb|First Edition Cover by [[Josh Kirby]]]]
| valign="top" | [[File:WS Proof.jpg|thumb|110px|Book Proof]]
| valign="top" | [[File:WS Letterbox.jpg|thumb|120px|'Letterbox' Hardback]]
| valign="top" | [[File:WS Kidd.jpg|thumb|110px|New American Library, Cover by Thomas Kidd]]
| valign="top" | [[File:WS Black.jpg|thumb|110px|Paperback 2004]]
| valign="top" | [[File:WS Tape.jpg|thumb|120px|Audio Cassette]]
| valign="top" | [[File:WS CD.jpg|thumb|130px|Audio CD]]
|}
{|
|-
| valign="top" | [[File:WS Roc.jpg|thumb|110px|Paperback ROC Publishing]]
| valign="top" | [[File:WS US.jpg|thumb|110px|US Cover]]
| valign="top" | [[File:WS Zoom.jpg|thumb|110px|Paperback 2012]]
| valign="top" | [[File:WS Unseen.jpg|thumb|110px|Unseen Library Edition]]
| valign="top" | [[File:WS CL.jpg|thumb|110px|Collectors Library Edition]]
| valign="top" | [[File:WS RO.jpg|thumb|110px|Cover by Richard Ogle 2019]]
| valign="top" | [[File:WS 2022.jpg|thumb|100px|Paperback 2022]]
|}


==External links==
==External links==
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{{series|series=Witches|before=Equal Rites|after=Witches Abroad}}


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Wyrd Sisters
Cover art by Josh Kirby
Co-author(s)
Illustrator(s)
Publisher Victor Gollancz
Publication date November 1988
ISBN 0575043636
Pages 251
RRP
Main characters Esme Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg, Magrat Garlick
Series Witches Series
Annotations View
Notes Book #06
All data relates to the first UK edition.

Blurb

Witches are not by their nature gregarious, and they certainly don't have leaders.

Granny Weatherwax was the most highly-regarded of the leaders they didn't have.

But even she found that meddling in royal politics was a lot more difficult than certain playwrights would have you believe ...

Characters

Main characters

Minor characters

Cameos and Mentions

  • Goodie Whemper, now dead witch who tutored Magrat
  • Former Lancre Kings and Queens
    • Champot
    • Queen Grimnir, the Impaler (1514*1553, 1553*1557, 1557*1562, 1562*1567 and 1568*1573) [note the 57 reference in her 2nd reign], a vampire queen
  • Bentzen, ruthlessly efficient killer
  • Havelock Vetinari

Locations

Sentient Species

Supernatural Entities

Things/etc Referenced

Roundworld References

  • Hamlet and Macbeth, plays by William Shakespeare (both in the main storyline and the play Hwel writes for Felmet)
  • Snakes and Ladders, a child's game (aka "Chutes and Ladders")
  • Gormenghast, a foreboding fictional castle (also mentioned in Equal Rites)
  • Zen, a philosophical system
  • The Marx Brothers (one of Hwel's discarded ideas)
  • Charlie Chaplin (one of Hwel's discarded ideas)
  • Laurel and Hardy (one of Hwel's discarded ideas)

Adaptations

Wyrd Sisters from Terry Pratchett's Discworld
ASIN B00004CV82
IMDB 0159931
First Broadcast 18 May 1997
Broadcast Channel Channel 4
Director(s) Jean Flynn
Producer(s)
Writer(s) {{{writer}}}
Starring Christopher Lee, Jane Horrocks, June Whitfield
Duration 147 minutes
Episodes 6
Series Witches Series
Annotations Annotations for Book:Wyrd Sisters
Notes
Preceded by Welcome to the Discworld
Followed by Soul Music
All data relates to the UK home release.

Television

Wyrd Sisters became a six-part animated television adaptation of the book of the same name by Terry Pratchett, produced by Cosgrove Hall, and first broadcast on 18 May 1997. It was the second film adaptation of an entire Discworld novel (following the Welcome to the Discworld short, which was based on a fragment of the novel Reaper Man, and the Soul Music series). The VHS release spanned three tapes.

Cast:

Theatre

In 1991 Wyrd Sisters was the first ever Discworld novel to be adapted for the stage by Stephen Briggs. The script was published in 1996.

Radio

A 4-part dramatisation was performed for BBC Radio 4 in 1995. Adapted by Vince Foxall, directed by Claire Grove.

Cast:

Gallery

First Edition Cover by Josh Kirby
Book Proof
'Letterbox' Hardback
New American Library, Cover by Thomas Kidd
Paperback 2004
Audio Cassette
Audio CD
Paperback ROC Publishing
US Cover
Paperback 2012
Unseen Library Edition
Collectors Library Edition
Cover by Richard Ogle 2019
Paperback 2022

External links

Wyrd Sisters Annotations - The Annotated Pratchett File


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