British Pound
Product Overview
Autor: SOYINKA,Wole
Editorial: METHUEN
Lenguaje: Inglés
ISBN13: 9780413695505
Reseña: The action of the play is as inevitable and eloquent as in Antigone: a clash of values and cultures so fundamental that tragedy issues: a tragedy for each individual each tribe Daily Telegraph This play by the winner of a Nobel Prize for Literature asks: On the authority of what gods the white aliens rupture the world. It puts exciting political theatre back on the agenda...a masterpiece of 20th century drama Guardian Elesin Oba the Kings Horseman has a single destiny. When the King dies he must commit ritual suicide and lead his Kings favourite horse and dog through the passage to the world of the ancestors. A British Colonial Officer Pilkings intervenes. This edition features an interview with the author. Commentary and notes by Jane Plastow
