Programme extract for Nation

From Terry Pratchett's article for Nation:

People ask: why did you write Nation? What did you want to achieve? Were there any messages you wanted to get across? And, you know, it doesn't work like that at all. I wrote Nation because if I didn't, I would have gone nuts. It began as an image, of Mau standing on the beach in the chilly rain and screaming at the gods...

The rest of Terry Prachett's article is available to read in the programme for Nation, priced at £3 and available for sale in the NT Bookshop and the Olivier Bookstall at performance times, from 11 November.

Contents also include: 
A wealth of information, written by Robert Butler, on 15 topics - from Creation Myths to Burial Rites - that add background to the play. ALSO, inside each copy is a 12-page full-colour supplement called Make-a-Nation, full of ideas about how to create your own Nation at home, with original illustrations by Joanne Nethercott.

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