Soyinka Plays: 1: Brother Jero; Camwood on the Leaves; Death & the King's Horseman; Madmen & Specialists; Opera Wonyosi
Author: Soyinka, Wole
ISBN: 9780413553508
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Year first published: 01 Aug 2006
Pages: 400 Format: Paperback / softback
'Six masterful works by the Nobel Prize-winning Nigerian playwright. Death and the King''s Horseman- ''A transfixing work of modern world drama'' (Independent); Madmen and Specialists- ''A luminous play, examining the way in which war exposes and clarifies human conduct'' (Observer); Opera Wonyosi, adapted from Gay''s The Beggar''s Opera- ''Swaggering and scabrous, at once a verbal spree and a fierce assault on totalitarianism'' (Observer). The volume also contains The Trials of Brother Jero and Jero''s Metamorphosis, classic comedies of modern Nigerian life based on the hilarious and manipulative transformations of a preacher, and Camwood on the Leaves, a haunting radio play, which evokes a divided community.'
ISBN: 9780413553508
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Year first published: 01 Aug 2006
Pages: 400 Format: Paperback / softback
'Six masterful works by the Nobel Prize-winning Nigerian playwright. Death and the King''s Horseman- ''A transfixing work of modern world drama'' (Independent); Madmen and Specialists- ''A luminous play, examining the way in which war exposes and clarifies human conduct'' (Observer); Opera Wonyosi, adapted from Gay''s The Beggar''s Opera- ''Swaggering and scabrous, at once a verbal spree and a fierce assault on totalitarianism'' (Observer). The volume also contains The Trials of Brother Jero and Jero''s Metamorphosis, classic comedies of modern Nigerian life based on the hilarious and manipulative transformations of a preacher, and Camwood on the Leaves, a haunting radio play, which evokes a divided community.'
