Death and the King's Horseman: A Play
A play about ritual, colonial authority, and cultural collision.
Work Information
A play about ritual, colonial authority, and cultural collision.
A play about ritual, colonial authority, and cultural collision.
Book Information
- Publisher
- W W Norton & Co Inc
- Published
- 2002-04-01
- Pages
- 80 pages
- Language
- 英語
- Size
- 13.97 x 0.76 x 21.08 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9780393322996
- ISBN-10
- 0393322998
- Price
- 2877 JPY
- Category
- 洋書/Self-Help/Death & Grief/Suicide
Based on events that took place in Oyo, an ancient Yoruba city of Nigeria, in 1946, Wole Soyinka's powerful play concerns the intertwined lives of Elesin Oba, the king's chief horseman; his son, Olunde, now studying medicine in England; and Simon Pilkings, the colonial district officer. The king has died and Elesin, his chief horseman, is expected by law and custom to commit suicide and accompany his ruler to heaven. The stage is set for a dramatic climax when Pilkings learns of the ritual and decides to intervene and Elesin's son arrives home.
Wole Soyinka , one of Africa's foremost writers, won the Nobel Prize in 1986 and is the author of Death and the King's Horseman , among other works.
Reviews
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An insightful book
DEATH AND THE HORSEMAN is a compelling play and a must read that opens a sensitive topic on race or culture clash, especially between Africans and Europeans. Humorous, , beautifully written in a poetic way, the reader is compelled to review his/her position in the rapidly becoming multicultural world and review judgments of positive and negative attributes that society makes on people. Other multicultural books are DISCIPLES OF FORTUNE, BLACK DIASPORA, DREAMS OF MY FATHER. They explore this subject in their different ways.
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Excellents
Une pièce poétique, un drame passionnant, l'œuvre d'un maître. bravo Mr Soyinka. . . . . . . . .
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gegen den Hochmut des weissen Mannes
Angeregt durch den Besuch einer grandiosen Aufführung des Theaterstückes in London, habe ich das Stück jetzt nocheinmal gründlich und geruhsam nachgelesen. Es ist eine äusserst witzige Gegenüberstellung der "weissen" und "schwarzen" Mythen, Sitten und Vorurteile und zeigt wie ähnlich sich doch eigentliche alle Menschen sind in ihren Ängsten und Freuden, Pflichten und Neigungen. Sehr lesenswert oder noch besser: gut auf der Bühne zu schauen!
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You can never go wrong with a Norton Critical Ed.
This play has so many depths to it, but it is definitely worth reading. Whether you stick to Wole's desires for it to be read metaphysically or you dive into the political aspects of the play, you will have plenty to explore. It is a short and tightly woven narrative. Highly recommend.
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Quality product
❤️😍❤️
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Great play, but never received it. They sent another book instead.
Great play, but never received it. They sent another book instead.