Plays
Author(s)
Bibliographic Information
Plays
（Methuen contemporary dramatists）
Methuen Drama, 1998-1999
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Six plays
Available at 3 libraries
Note
"First published in this edition as Six plays in 1984 by Methuen London"--T.p. verso of [v.] 1
Contents of Works
- 1. The trials of Brother Jero
- Jero's metamorphosis
- Camwood on the leaves
- Death and the king's horseman
- Madmen and specialists
- Opera Wonyosi
- 2. A play of giants
- From Zia with love
- A scourge of hyacinths
- The beatification of Area Boy
Description and Table of Contents
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1 ISBN 9780413553508
Description
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.
Table of Contents
- Brother Jero
- Camwood on the Leaves
- Death & the King's Horseman
- Madmen & Specialists
- Opera Wonyosi...
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2 ISBN 9780413732606
Description
"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.
Table of Contents
- A Play of Giants
- From Zia with Love
- A Source of Hyacinths
- The Beatification of Area Boy
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