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Synopsis
The action of the play is as inevitable and eloquent as in Antigone: a clash of values and cultures so fundamental that tragedy issues: a tragedy for each individual, each tribe." - Daily Telegraph
"This play, by the winner of a Nobel Prize for Literature, asks: 'On the authority of what gods' the white aliens rupture the world. It puts exciting political theatre back on the agenda ... a masterpiece of 20th century drama." - The Guardian
Elesin Oba, the King's Horseman, has a single destiny. When the King dies, he must commit ritual suicide and lead his King's favourite horse and dog through the passage to the world of the ancestors. A British Colonial Officer, Pilkings, intervenes.
This Student Edition includes a full introduction, commentary and questions for study by Jane Plastow as well as an interview with Wole Soyinka."
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About the Author
Wole Soyinka is a playwright, novelist, poet, and essayist born in Abeokuta, Nigeria in 1934.
Soyinka won the 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature with his debut novel, The Interpreters, becoming the first-ever African laureate and has since won many other prizes such as the Academy of Achievement Golden Plate Award in 2009 and the Anisfield-Wolf book Award, Lifetime Achievement in 2012.
A prominent political activist, Soyinka was imprisoned for nearly two years during the Nigerian Civil War and was later exiled. He continues to fight against government corruption and oppression worldwide.
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- PublisherMethuen Drama (UK)
- Publication date1998
- ISBN 10 0413695506
- ISBN 13 9780413695505
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages160
- EditorJane Plastow
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