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.
"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
"This play, by the winner of aNobel 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
Methuen Student Editions are expertly annotated texts of a wide
range of plays from the modern and classic repertoires. As well as
the complete text of the play itself, the volume contains a
chronology of the playwright's life and work; an introduction
giving the background to the play; a discussion of the various
interpretations; an interview with Wole Soyinka; and notes on
individual words and phrases in the text.
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