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Soyinka Plays: 1

Brother Jero; Camwood on the Leaves; Death & the King's Horseman; Madmen & Specialists; Opera Wonyosi
By Wole Soyinka
Series: Contemporary Dramatists
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This volume presents six masterful works by Nobel Prize-winning Nigerian playwright Wole Soyinka. Death and the King's Horseman is hailed as 'a transfixing work of modern world drama' by the Independent. Madmen and Specialists explores the human conduct revealed by war, described by the Observer as 'a luminous play'. Opera Wonyosi, adapted from Gay's The Beggar's Opera, delivers a 'swaggering and scabrous' critique of totalitarianism. Also included are the classic comedies The Trials of Brother Jero and Jero's Metamorphosis, depicting the antics of a manipulative preacher, plus Camwood on the Leaves, a haunting radio play portraying a divided community.
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Ideal for readers interested in world theatre, African literature, and powerful dramatic works addressing cultural and political themes.

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"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.

"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; four other Wole Soyinka plays are included in this volume.

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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.

Series: Contemporary Dramatists

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780413553508

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 13 September 1984

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Methuen Drama

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 456g

Pages: 400

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Arts & Culture Non-Fiction Series: Contemporary Dramatists Wole Soyinka

About the Author

Wole Soyinka is a playwright, novelist, poet, and essayist born in Abeokuta, Nigeria in 1934. Soyinka won the 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature with his debut novel, The Interpreters, becoming the first-ever African laureate and has since won many other prizes such as the Academy of Achievement Golden Plate Award in 2009 and the Anisfield-Wolf book Award, Lifetime Achievement in 2012. A prominent political activist, Soyinka was imprisoned for nearly two years during the Nigerian Civil War and was later exiled. He continues to fight against government corruption and oppression worldwide.

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