Based on real events that took place in Oyo, the ancient Yoruba city of Nigeria, in 1946, Nobel Prize-winner Wole Soyinka's play tells how Simon Pilkings, a well-meaning District Officer, intervenes to prevent the ritual suicide of the Yoruba chief, Elesin.
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 Student Edition includes a full introduction, commentary and questions for study and an interview with the author.
Commentary and notes by Jane Plastow.
A Preview of Death and the King's Horseman is available here.
| ISBN: | 9780413695505 |
| Publication date: | 2nd July 1998 |
| Author: | Wole Soyinka |
| Publisher: | Methuen Drama an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 112 pages |
| Series: | Methuen Student Editions |
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