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.

Soyinka Plays: 2
Soyinka Plays: 2

Author: Wole Soyinka

Publisher: Bloomsbury Methuen Drama

Published: 1999-02-04

Total Pages: 368

ISBN-13: 9780413732606

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'Unquestionably Africa's most versatile writer and arguably one of her finest' - New York Times Book Review A Play of Giants is a savage satire on some of the best-known dictators of our time (including Idi Amin); it brings together a group of dictatorial African leaders at bay in an embassy in New York attempting to make decisions together. Its theatrical predecessors include: Genet's The Balcony and Brecht's Arturo Ui. From Zia with Love and A Scourge of Hyacinths; When the Military decrees that a crime carrying a prison sentence now retroactively warrants summary execution, confusion and fear permeate a society where the brutality and injustice of military rule is parodied by life inside prison - based on events in Nigeria in the early 1980s Wole Soyinka's stage play From Zia with Love and radio play A Scourge of Hyacinths, were produced in the early 90s.

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

Death and the King's Horseman
Death and the King's Horseman

Author: Wole Soyinka

Publisher: Methuen Drama

Published: 2016-01-28

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781474260763

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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. The play is a set text for NEAB GCSE, NEAB A Level and NEAB A/S Level. 'A masterpiece of 20th century drama' - Guardian "A transfixing work of modern world drama" (Independent); "clearly a masterpiece. . . he achieves the full impact of Greek tragedy" (Irving Wardle, Independent on Sunday); "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)

Beyond Aesthetics
Beyond Aesthetics

Author: Wole Soyinka

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2020-01-21

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 0300247621

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An intimate reflection on culture and tradition, creativity and power, that draws on a lifetime’s commitment to aesthetic encounter The playwright, poet, essayist, novelist, and Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka is also a longtime art collector. This book of essays offers a glimpse into the motivations of the collector, as well as a highly personal look at the politics of aesthetics and collecting. Detailing moments of first encounter with objects that drew him in and continue to affect him, Soyinka describes a world of mortals, muses, and deities that imbue the artworks with history and meaning. Beyond Aesthetics is a passionate discussion of the role of identity, tradition, and originality in making, collecting, and exhibiting African art today. Soyinka considers objects that have stirred controversy, and he decries dogmatic efforts—whether colonial or religious—to suppress Africa’s artistic traditions. By turns poetic, provocative, and humorous, Soyinka affirms the power of collecting to reclaim tradition. He urges African artists, filmmakers, collectors, and curators to engage with their aesthetic and cultural histories.

The Beatification of Area Boy
The Beatification of Area Boy

Author: Wole Soyinka

Publisher: Methuen Publishing

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 108

ISBN-13: 9780413686800

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Set in Nigeria, amid the scenes of everyday racketeering and general disquiet, the police try to clear the area of undesirables, as a traditional wedding between two illustrious and ambitious families is about to take place. This play is by Nobel Prize-winner Wole Soyinka.

Myth, Literature and the African World
Myth, Literature and the African World

Author: Wole Soyinka

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1990-09-13

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13: 9780521398343

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Wole Soyinka, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, here analyses the interconnecting worlds of myth, ritual and literature in Africa.

From Zia, with Love ; And, A Scourge of Hyacinths
From Zia, with Love ; And, A Scourge of Hyacinths

Author: Wole Soyinka

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 166

ISBN-13:

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'Unquestionably Africa''s most versatile writer and arguably one of her finest. When the Military decrees that a crime carrying a prison sentence now retroactively warrants summary execution, confusion and fear permeate a society where the brutality and injustice of military rule is parodied by life inside prison. Based on events in Nigeria in the early 1980s Wole Soyinka''s stage play From Zia with Love and radio play A Scourge of Hyacinths, were produced in the early 90s when the writer was exiled by Sani Abacha''s notorious and unjust military regime.'

Soyinka's Language
Soyinka's Language

Author: Ofoego, Obioma

Publisher: Kwara State University Press

Published: 2018-03-28

Total Pages: 370

ISBN-13: 978539204X

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This book explores in depth the uses of language in Wole Soyinka’s plays, poetry and prose. The author approaches Soyinka’s works through meticulous close readings, giving the writer his due by capturing the complexities, ambiguities, and nuances of his language.