The Trials of Brother Jero

The Trials of Brother Jero

Author: Wole Soyinka

Publisher: Dramatists Play Service Inc

Published: 1969

Total Pages: 76

ISBN-13: 9780822210900

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THE STORIES: THE TRIALS OF BROTHER JERO. As Michael Smith describes: Brother Jero is a self-styled 'prophet,' an evangelical con man who ministers to the gullible and struts with self-importance over their dependence on him. The play follows him t


Collected Plays

Collected Plays

Author: Wole Soyinka

Publisher: London ; New York : Oxford University Press

Published: 1973

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 9780192811646

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`The Lion and the Jewel alone is enough to establish Nigeria as the most fertile new source of English-speaking drama since Synge's discovery of the Western Isles.' The Times The ironic development and consequences of `progress' may be traced through both the themes and the tone of the works included in this second volume of Wole Soyinka's plays. The Lion and the Jewel shows an ineffectual assault on past tradition soundly defeated. In Kongi's Harvest, however, the pretensions of Kongi's regime are also fatal. The denouement points the way forward. The two Brother Jero plays pursue that way, the comic `propheteering' of the earlier play giving way to the sardonic reality of Jero's Metamorphosis. Madmen and Specialists, Soyinka's most pessimistic play, concerns the physical, mental, and moral destruction of modern civil war.


Critical Perspectives on Wole Soyinka

Critical Perspectives on Wole Soyinka

Author: Wole Soyinka

Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers

Published: 1980

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 9780914478492

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Distinguished scholars analyze the plays, poetry, and prose of Wole Smoyinka, winner of the Nobel Prize for literature in 1986. Essays trace his career and place his work in the general context of African literature.


A Study Guide for Wole Soyinka's "The Trials of Brother Jero"

A Study Guide for Wole Soyinka's

Author: Gale, Cengage Learning

Publisher: Gale, Cengage Learning

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 30

ISBN-13: 1410361179

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A Study Guide for Wole Soyinka's "The Trials of Brother Jero," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Drama For Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Drama For Students for all of your research needs.