Adapted for the stage by Stephen Briggs, this tells the story of Mort, who has been chosen as Death's apprentice. He gets board and lodging and free use of company horse, and doesn't even need time off for his grandmother's funeral. The trouble begins when instead of collecting the soul of a princess, he kills her would-be assassin, and changes history.
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Hm... I DO wonder why the others did NOT review the play...,
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This review is from: Mort: The Play (Discworld Series) (Paperback)
This is a good adaption of a great book. When reading it, one has to keep in mind, that it is just that: an adaption and not an original work. You should NOT (under no circumstances!!!) read this instead of reading the novel. As with all the other adaptions of Pratchett's books, it is very true to the spirit of the novel and the discworld. Of course one might have different views what should be included in the play and what can be left out, but this is a good start... So, buy it, stage it and enjoy it...Yours, Tom
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Teryy Pratchett has done it again!,
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This review is from: Mort: The Play (Discworld Series) (Paperback)
Mort is another magnificent addition to the Discworld series. With all the fun and excitment of the other novels, Mort stills shines through.
Mort is a goofy country boy who's looking for a job. So he decides to go to a local job fair. As the last in line, Mort finds a tall, dark, mysterious figure, waiting fo him. The man offers him a job he simply can't refuse.
As Death's new apprentice, Mort learns all the tricks of the trade. Like how to walk through walls, how to pull things from a 'cloak of eternity', and how to sever the very thread that binds people to the realm of the living. And he does all this, in Death's neat clothing.
However, Mort finds out that taking Death's work into his own hands doesn't please him very much. Indeed, ticking off the Master is not good at all.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
A study in death, or death becommes himself.,
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This review is from: Mort: The Play (Discworld Series) (Paperback)
Mort.A Discworld novell by Terry Pratchett. This is a story about Death, not the state of beeing when your life has ended, the person death. Or, as he would pur it himself, The morphogenic personification Death. Death has allways been facinated by the humans. He has , quit natyrally, a job where he meets a lot of them. But he has never been able to fully understand them. and when he is easy influated by them, he decided to take on a apprentice (noone knew whye when he is imortal, but as said earlier, he is easy influated) and the young man Mortimer , often called Mort (wich shows that faith has humor) was, after death convincing him that death was compulsory,hired. This is the story about death, and for a moment, a death called Mort. Niklas Moser
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