Death and the King's Horseman
by Wole Soyinka | Plays & Scripts | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0809012529 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0809012529 Global Overview for this book
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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.
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.
Journal Entry 2 by eponine38 at Little Free Library, Hawthorne Rd. in Waltham, Massachusetts USA on Tuesday, December 20, 2016
eponine38 at Little Free Library, Hawthorne Rd. in Waltham, Massachusetts USA on Tuesday, December 20, 2016
Released 7 yrs ago (12/19/2016 UTC) at Little Free Library, Hawthorne Rd. in Waltham, Massachusetts USA
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