Death and the King's Horseman

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Death and the King's Horseman

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"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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Explore Methuen Drama
Published 01 Aug 2006
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 160
ISBN 9780413695505
Imprint Methuen Drama
Dimensions 198 x 129 mm
Series Student Editions
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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Wole Soyinka

Wole Soyinka is a playwright, novelist, poet, and…

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