Stephen Briggs is, in his own words, "a civil servant who dabbles in amateur dramatics". However, through his drama work, he has become heavily involved with the subsidiary works and merchandise surrounding Terry Pratchett's Discworld. Terence David John Pratchett OBE is an English fantasy author (born April 28, 1948, in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England), best known for his Discworld series. ... The Discworld is a series of 35 humorous fantasy novels and a number of shorter works by Terry Pratchett set on the Discworld. ...

In 1991, someone suggested Briggs could adapt Wyrd Sisters for the Studio Theatre Club of Abingdon, Oxfordshire. After seeking permission from Pratchett, he did so, playing the part of Duke Felmet in the production. This was his introduction to the Discworld. He greatly enjoyed the book, and the challenge of staging it, and went on to adapt Mort the following year, in which he played Death. This article is about the novel. ... The River Thames at Abingdon with St. ... The Discworld is the setting for all of Terry Pratchetts Discworld series of novels. ... Mort is a Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett and also the name of its main character. ... Death is a fictional character in Terry Pratchetts Discworld series. ...

In 1993, they adapted Guards! Guards! and Briggs played the Patrician for the first time. He has since reprised the role in various other plays, and on official occasions such as the second Discworld Convention's Maskerade Dinner and the twinning of Ankh-Morpork with Wincanton, Somerset. Most representations of the Patrician are now modelled to a greater or lesser extent on Briggs, and many fans now find it hard to imagine Lord Vetinari looking any other way. The Discworld plays have become a tradition of the Studio Theatre Club, and Briggs now receives the manuscripts in advance, enabling the plays to premiere at the same time as the book is released. Guards! Guards! is the 8th Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett, first published in 1989. ... Lord Havelock Vetinari is the Patrician of Ankh-Morpork, the head of the fictional city state of Ankh-Morpork in Terry Pratchetts Discworld series. ... This article is about partnerships between towns distant from each other; see Twin cities for the different concept of physically neighbouring cities. ... Ankh-Morpork is a fictional city-state which features in Terry Pratchetts Discworld series of fantasy novels. ... Wincanton is a town in south Somerset, south-west England. ... Somerset is a county in the south-west of England. ...

Reading Guards! Guards!, Briggs became fascinated with the feeling that Ankh-Morpork had a shape; that it had a solid existence in the imagination, despite Pratchett's insistence that he had made it up as he went along. This feeling lead to The Streets of Ankh-Morpork, the first Discworld map, created by Briggs and Pratchett and painted by Stephen Player in 1993. The Discworld Mapp, A Tourist Guide To Lancre and Death's Domain followed. The first of the Discworld Mapp series, despite the authors original long-held opinion that a fantasy world could not and should not be mapped. ... The Discworld Mapp is an atlas that contains a large, fold out map of the Discworld (sold by CMOT Dibbler) drawn by Stephen Player to the directions of Terry Pratchett and Stephen Briggs. ... Deaths Domain is a fictional dimension in Terry Pratchetts Discworld novels. ...

Briggs had created an extensive database of Discworld information by this time (it has been suggested that he knows more about Pratchett's world than Pratchett does), and this was compiled into The Discworld Companion, an encyclopedia of Discworld information (including some that had never before left Pratchett's computer), published in 1995. It was later updated in 1998 and 2003. The Discworld Companion is an encyclopedia to all things Discworldian, created by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Briggs. ...

Stephen Briggs has also been involved with such spin-offs as the Discworld Diaries and Nanny Ogg's Cookbook and has also had his adaptions of the books published. Briggs has also read several of the unabridged audiobook versions of Discworld novels released by Isis Publishing and by Harper Collins in the US, where his recordings have received two industry awards and been nominated for a third. Nanny Oggs Cookbook is a book of recipes and wisdom of the Discworld character Nanny Ogg by Terry Pratchett, Stephen Briggs and Tina Hannan. ...

He has also become involved in selling Discworld related items. It started with the Unseen University scarf, and now includes pins, T-shirts, key-rings and tea towels. This cottage industry is called "CMOT Dibbler", after Ankh-Morpork's most persistent merchant venturer. The Coat of Arms of Unseen University. ... A cottage industry is an industry – primarily manufacturing – which includes many producers, working from their homes, typically part time. ... Cut Me Own Throat (C.M.O.T) Dibbler is one of the numerous bit part characters that enrich the world of Terry Pratchetts Discworld novels. ...

External link

• http://www.cmotdibbler.com - Stephen Briggs' own website