Death and the King's Horseman
Author: Soyinka, Wole
ISBN: 9780413695505
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Year first published: 01 Aug 2006
Pages: 160 Format: Paperback / softback
'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'' 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 to prevent the death and arrrests Elesin.
ISBN: 9780413695505
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Year first published: 01 Aug 2006
Pages: 160 Format: Paperback / softback
'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'' 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 to prevent the death and arrrests Elesin.
