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 to prevent the death and arrests Elesin.
The play is a set text for NEAB GCSE, NEAB A Level and NEAB A/S Level.
A transfixing work of modern world drama (Independent); clearly a masterpiece.
he achieves the full impact of Greek tragedy (Irving Wardle, Independent on Sunday); 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 (Michael Schmidt, Daily Telegraph).
| Asks | On the authority of what gods the white aliens rupture the world |
|---|---|
| Antigone | A clash of values and cultures so fundamental that tragedy issuesa tragedy for each individual each tribe (michael |
Farrar Straus And Giroux Selected verse: revised bilingual edition, paperback/federico garcia lorca
