Theatre of Cruelty
short fiction 1993 Discworld
Record
| First published | 1993 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | short fiction |
| Canon status | |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780099174424 |
Synopsis
A street entertainer is found dead in Ankh-Morpork, apparently mauled and bearing the bite marks of a tiny crocodile. As Captain Carrot Ironfoundersson investigates, he discovers the victim had staged a live-action Punch and Judy show using a troupe of gnomes as the cast, subjecting them to brutal treatment for entertainment.
Where it sits
- Universe: Discworld
- Series: not part of a registered series (standalone work within its universe)
- Author: Terry Pratchett
Notes
- W. H. Smith Bookcase magazine; City Watch. Collected in A Blink of the Screen (2012).
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within Discworld (standalone work): position 17 of 56: previous Men at Arms (1993) · next The Streets of Ankh-Morpork (1993)
Sources
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