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Guards! Guards!: The Play

by Terry Pratchett · 1992

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Adapted for the stage by Stephen Briggs, in this book the city of Ankh-Morpork is under threat from a 60 foot fire-breathing dragon, summoned by a secret society of malcontented tradesmen. Defending the city is the underpaid and undervalued City Night Watch.

Genre
fantasyhumorscience fictionepic fantasyliterary fiction
Themes
theatre
Audience
adult
Length
short · 180 pages
Form
plays

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