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Item Details
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"DEATH AND THE KING'S HORSEMAN"
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| By: |
Wole Soyinda |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£10.99 |
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£9.34 |
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£1.65 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0413695506 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780413695505 |
| Availability: |
Usually dispatched within 3-5 days.
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| Stock: |
Currently 66 available |
| Publisher: |
BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC |
| Pub. date: |
2 July, 1998 |
| Series: |
Student Editions |
| Pages: |
160 |
| Description: |
Based on real events that took place in Oyo, the ancient Yoruba city of Nigeria, in 1946, Nobel Prize-winner Wole Soyinka's play tells how Simon Pilkings, a well-meaning District Officer, intervenes to prevent the ritual suicide of the Yoruba chief, Elesin. This Student Edition includes a full introduction, commentary and questions for study. |
| 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" 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 edition features an interview with the author. Commentary and notes by Jane Plastow |
| Illustrations: |
Ill. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Methuen Drama |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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