Soyinka Plays

Klappentext Six masterful works by the Nobel Prize-winning Nigerian playwright. Death and the King's Horseman: 'A transfixing work of modern world drama' - Independent Madmen and Specialists: 'A luminous play, examining the way in which war exposes and clarifies human conduct' - Observer Opera Wonyosi, adapted from Gay's The Beggar's Opera: 'Swaggering and scabrous, at once a verbal spree and a fierce assault on totalitarianism' - Observer The volume also contains The Trials of Brother Jero and Jero's Metamorphosis, classic comedies of modern Nigerian life based on the hilarious and manipulative transformations of a preacher, and Camwood on the Leaves, a haunting radio play, which evokes a divided community. Zusammenfassung "Madman and Specialists" examines the way in which war exposes and clarifies human conduct; "Opera Woynosi" is adpated from Gay's "The Beggar's Opera" and is a fierce assault on totalitarianism; and four other Wole Soyinka plays are included in this volume.

Product details

• Authors: Wole Soyinda, Wole Soyinka
• Publisher: Black A&C Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.09.1984
• EAN: 9780413553508
• ISBN: 978-0-413-55350-8
• No. of pages: 400
• Series: Contemporary Dramatists; Methuen Modern Plays; Methuen Modern Plays; Contemporary Dramatists
• Subject: Fiction > Poetry, drama