Death and the King's Horseman

Death and the King's Horseman

Einband:
Kartonierter Einband
EAN:
9780393322996
Untertitel:
Englisch
Genre:
Lyrik & Dramatik
Autor:
Wole Soyinka
Herausgeber:
W. W. Norton & Company
Auflage:
00002 Auflage 2002
Anzahl Seiten:
80
Erscheinungsdatum:
01.04.2002
ISBN:
978-0-393-32299-6

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung Based on events that took place in Oyo! Nigeria in 1946! Wole Soyinka's play intertwines the lives of Elesin Oba! the king's chief horseman; his son! Olunde! now studying medicine in England; and Simon Pilkings! the colonial district officer.

Autorentext
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.

Klappentext
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.

Zusammenfassung
Based on events that took place in Oyo, Nigeria in 1946, Wole Soyinka's play intertwines the lives of Elesin Oba, the king's chief horseman; his son, Olunde, now studying medicine in England; and Simon Pilkings, the colonial district officer.


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