Death And The King's Horseman
by Wole Soyinka

Death And The King's Horseman Book Cover
Death And The King's Horseman Cover

Highlights

African

Synopsis

Elesin Oba, the King's Horseman, has a single destiny.

When the King dies, he must commit ritual suicide and lead his King's favorite horse and dog through the passage to the world of the ancestors.

A British colonial officer, Pilkings, intervenes.

"This play, by the winner of a Nobel Prize for Literature, asks: "On the authority of what gods" the white aliens rupture a 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 (ensues): a tragedy for each individual, each tribe."-Daily Telegraph "A transfixing work of modern world drama."-Independent

Themes

Publication

Publisher
Methuen
Year Published
1987
ISBN 10
0413333604
ISBN 13
9780413333605
Binding
Print on Demand (Paperback)
Print Length
84 pages
Place Published
London
Language
English
LCCN
75329453
LCC
PR9387.9.S6 D4
DCC
822
Print
Death And The King's Horseman is a African play written by and published by Methuen in London, 1987. The print edition has an ISBN-13 of 9780413333605 and an ISBN-10 of 0413333604.

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