Death and the King's Horseman - Methuen Student Editions

"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 King's Horseman, has a single destiny. When the King dies, he must commit ritual suicide and lead his King's 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

ISBN:	9780413695505
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Imprint:	Bloomsbury Methuen Drama
Published date:	02 Jul 1998
DEWEY:	822
DEWEY edition:	21
Language:	English
Sales rank:	9634
Number of pages:	112
Weight:	150g
Height:	198mm
Width:	131mm
Spine width:	11mm

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