Mort by Terry Pratchett, adapted for the stage by Stephen Briggs
Wednesday 26th to Saturday 29th July 2000
Arc Theatre, Trowbridge
Death comes to us all. When he came to Mort, he offered him a job.
But when Mort is left in charge for an evening, he allows his heart to rule his head and soon the whole of causality and the future of the Discworld itself, are at risk. Along the way, Mort encounters not only Death’s adopted daughter, Ysabell – who has been 16 for 35 years – and his mysterious manservant Albert – whose cooking can harden an artery at ten paces – but also an incompetent wizard with a talking doorknocker and a beautiful, but rather bad-tempered and dead, princess. He also, of course, meets Death.
On Terry Pratchett’s Discworld, Death really is a 7 foot skeleton in a black hooded robe and wielding a a scythe. He is also fond of cats, enjoys a good curry, and rides around the skies on a magnificent white horse called Binky.
Directed
by
Phil Cooper
Cast
Death, an anthropomorphic personification
Mort, a youth
Lezek, Mort’s Father
Bursar, of Unseen University
Ysabell, Death’s Daughter
Albert, Death’s Servant
King Olerve
High Priest
Town Crier
Agatean Prince
Duke of Sto Helit
Princess Keli
Cutwell, a wizard
Doorknocker
Keeble, a clerk
Goodie Hamstring, a witch
Young Goodie Hamstring
The Landlord
Abbot Lobsang
Rincewind, ‘Wizzard’
Cyrus, the Cesspit Cleaner
Acolyte
Street Woman
Assasin
Page
Wizard
Wizard
Wizard
Wizard
James Shadwell
Andrew Greaves
Tom Ludlow
Tom Ludlow
Kate Torrington
Clive Greaves
Mark Rhodes
Mark Rhodes
Mark Rhodes
Stuart Greaves
Stuart Greaves
Emily Rutter
Kevin Smith
Virginia Havergal
Virginia Havergal
Sylvia Seaman
Miriam Havergal
Tim Knott
Tim Knott
Tim Knott
Tim Knott
Stella Greaves
Carolyn Dilena
Phil Cooper
Nick Havergal
Ruby Goldsmith
Stella Greaves
Sylvia Seaman
Gill Cooper