Soyinka Plays: 2
by Wole Soyinka

Name: Soyinka Plays: 2
Brand: Wole Soyinka
SKU: 9780413732606
Rating: 3.99 (164 reviews)

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Highlights

African

What readers are saying

Readers appreciate the insightful commentary on global powers and economics in Soyinka's plays. The dialogue resonates with contemporary issues, making it relevant and thought-provoking.

Insightful commentary on global powersRelevant and thought-provoking dialogueLimited representation of diverse perspectives

Synopsis

'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.

ThemesEnglish drama English drama--20th century PR9387.9.S6 A6 1999