Death and the king's horseman : authoritative text, backgrounds and contexts, the play on stage, criticism / Wole Soyinka ; edited by Simon Gikandi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Soyinka, Wole, author.

Contributor:

Gikandi, Simon, editor.

Series:

Norton critical edition

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Soyinka, Wole. Death and the king's horseman.

Soyinka, Wole.

Soyinka, Wole--Stage history.

Yoruba (African people)--Drama.

Yoruba (African people).

Suicide--Prevention--Drama.

Suicide.

British--Nigeria--Drama.

British.

Fathers and sons--Drama.

Fathers and sons.

Nigeria--Drama.

Nigeria.

Death and the king's horseman (Soyinka, Wole).

Suicide--Prevention.

Genre:

Drama

Historical drama

Historical drama.

Physical Description:

xxix, 250 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm.

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., [2023]

Summary:

"This Norton Critical Edition includes: The only student edition of Soyinka's play. An expansive introduction, headnotes, and explanatory footnotes by Simon Gikandi. Nine interior images. Background materials related to traditional Nigerian myth and culture, including two selections new to the Second Edition. A new section, "The Play on Stage," that considers Soyinka as director as well as the interpretative challenges of producing and performing Death and the King's Horseman. Seven critical essays-five of them new to the Second Edition-by Henry Louis Gates Jr., David Richards, Wole Ogundele, Eileen Julien, Cheryl Sterling, Eugene McNulty, and Ato Quayson. A chronology of Soyinka's life and work and a selected bibliography"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780393888720

039388872X

OCLC:

1356800621