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|occupation= Renaissance Man | |occupation= Renaissance Man | ||
|appearance= Rather like the [[Patrician]] | |appearance= Rather like the [[Patrician]] | ||
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Dramatist, thespian, lexicographer, encyclopedist, illustrator, cartographer and huckster to the Discworld community, the busy Mr. Briggs dramatises Discworld books for the stage and performs in the resulting plays, specialising in the role of the [[Havelock Vetinari|Patrician]]. He has provided the voices of Discworld (and [[Nomes|Nome]]) characters in more than twenty recordings. He has compiled reference books and plotted the various [[:Category:Maps|''Mapps'']] of Discworld, and once operated a Web store, [[Discworld.com|cmotdibbler.com]], selling a range of Discworld items. (However, cmotdibbler has not been available for some time. Lord Vetinari informs us by omniscope that he is "experiencing problems with technology".<sup>1</sup>) | |||
Dramatist, thespian, lexicographer, encyclopedist, illustrator, cartographer and huckster to the Discworld community, the busy Mr. Briggs dramatises Discworld books for the stage and performs in the resulting plays, specialising in the role of the [[Havelock Vetinari|Patrician]]. He has provided the voices of Discworld (and [[Nomes|Nome]]) characters in more than twenty recordings. He has compiled reference books and plotted the various [[:Category:Maps|''Mapps'']] of Discworld, and once operated a Web store, cmotdibbler.com, selling a range of Discworld items. (However, cmotdibbler has not been available for some time. Lord Vetinari informs us by omniscope that he is "experiencing problems with technology".<sup>1</sup>) | |||
In his spare time, he maintained his regular job in the civil service for many years (confirming our suspicions about the civil service) but he now describes himself as a <u>former</u> civil servant. He was born in Oxford and lives there still. | In his spare time, he maintained his regular job in the civil service for many years (confirming our suspicions about the civil service) but he now describes himself as a <u>former</u> civil servant. He was born in Oxford and lives there still. | ||
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| Stephen Briggs | |
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| Name | Stephen Briggs, aka cmotdibbler |
| Race | Human |
| Age | b. 1951 CE |
| Occupation | Renaissance Man |
| Physical appearance | Rather like the Patrician |
| Residence | Oxford, England |
| Death | |
| Parents | |
| Relatives | |
| Children | |
| Marital Status | married |
| Appearances | |
| Books | |
| Cameos | {{{cameos}}} |
Dramatist, thespian, lexicographer, encyclopedist, illustrator, cartographer and huckster to the Discworld community, the busy Mr. Briggs dramatises Discworld books for the stage and performs in the resulting plays, specialising in the role of the Patrician. He has provided the voices of Discworld (and Nome) characters in more than twenty recordings. He has compiled reference books and plotted the various Mapps of Discworld, and once operated a Web store, cmotdibbler.com, selling a range of Discworld items. (However, cmotdibbler has not been available for some time. Lord Vetinari informs us by omniscope that he is "experiencing problems with technology".1)
In his spare time, he maintained his regular job in the civil service for many years (confirming our suspicions about the civil service) but he now describes himself as a former civil servant. He was born in Oxford and lives there still.
(1)Or he may have sold the wrong sausage to the wrong customer...
- Books with Stephen Briggs:
- The Discworld Companion, with Terry Pratchett
- The New Discworld Companion, with Terry Pratchett
- Nanny Ogg's Cookbook, with Terry Pratchett, Tina Hannan and Paul Kidby
- ?Stage Adaptations by Stephen Briggs:
- Mort...........................Transworld Publishers
- Wyrd Sisters..............Transworld Publishers
- Guards! Guards!.........Transworld Publishers
- Men at Arms..............Transworld Publishers
- Maskerade.................Samuel French Ltd.
- Carpe Jugulum...........Samuel French Ltd.
- Interesting Times........Methuen Plays
- Jingo.........................Methuen Plays
- The Fifth Elephant.......Methuen Plays
- Night Watch...............Methuen Plays
- Going Postal..............Methuen Plays
- The Truth...................Methuen Plays
- Monstrous Regiment...Methuen Plays
- The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents....Oxford University Press
- Johnny & the Dead...................................Oxford University Press
- The Shakespeare Codex..........Studio Theatre Club
- Recordings:......................All by Isis Publishers...........................
- The Last Hero
- Eric
- The Fifth Elephant
- Thief of Time
- The Truth
- Monstrous Regiment...................................................USA: Harper Audio
- Night Watch
- Going Postal..............................................................USA: Harper Audio
- Thud!.........................................................................USA: Harper Audio
- Making Money...........................................................USA: Harper Audio
- The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents
- The Wee Free Men.....................................................USA: Harper Audio
- A Hat Full of Sky........................................................USA: Harper Audio
- Wintersmith...............................................................USA: Harper Audio
- Truckers
- Diggers
- Wings
- And ...
- Discworld's Unseen University Diary 1998
- Discworld's Ankh-Morpork City Watch Diary 1999
- Discworld's Assassins' Guild Diary 2000
- Discworld Fools' Guild Yearbook and Diary 2001
- Discworld Thieves' Guild Yearbook and Diary 2002
- Discworld (Reformed) Vampyres' Diary 2003
- The Ankh-Morpork Post Office Handbook & Diary 2007
- Lu-Tze's Yearbook of Enlightenment 2008
"My involvement in Discworld came about almost by accident. I was (still am) a keen member of an amateur drama club and I had adapted Monty Python's Life of Brian and Holy Grail, and Tom Sharpe's Porterhouse Blue and Blott on the Landscape for the stage. While looking for a new project, someone suggested that I might like to try the works of Terry Pratchett - and my life passed into another leg of the trousers of time!".