Synopsis

Death and the King's Horseman

Death and the King's Horseman $15.99

Wole Soyinka

Published by Methuen

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 arrests Elesin

"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

" ... 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" ~ Michael Schmidt, Daily Telegraph

The play is a set text for NEAB GCSE, NEAB A Level and NEAB A/S Level

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