Death and the King's Horseman: A Play
ISBN-13:
9780393322996
ISBN-10:
0393322998
Edition:
Second
Author:
Wole Soyinka
Publication date:
2002
Publisher:
W. W. Norton & Company
Format:
Paperback
77 pages
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ISBN-13:
9780393322996
ISBN-10:
0393322998
Edition:
Second
Author:
Wole Soyinka
Publication date:
2002
Publisher:
W. W. Norton & Company
Format:
Paperback
77 pages
Summary
Death and the King's Horseman: A Play (ISBN-13: 9780393322996 and ISBN-10: 0393322998), written by authors
Wole Soyinka, was published by W. W. Norton & Company in 2002.
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A Nobel Prize-winning playwright's classic tale of tragic decisions in a traditional African culture.
Based on events that took place in Oyo, an ancient Yoruba city of Nigeria, in 1946, Wole Soyinka's powerful play concerns the intertwined lives of Elesin Oba, the king's chief horseman; his son, Olunde, now studying medicine in England; and Simon Pilkings, the colonial district officer. The king has died and Elesin, his chief horseman, is expected by law and custom to commit suicide and accompany his ruler to heaven. The stage is set for a dramatic climax when Pilkings learns of the ritual and decides to intervene and Elesin's son arrives home.
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