WOLE SOYINKA   (1934 - )


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Plays by Wole Soyinka

WOLE SOYINKA
Bacchae, The
1st Produced:
London
1973
Company:
-
1st Published:
Eyre Methuen, London
1973
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Genre:
Communion Rite
-
Parts:
Male
7
Female
1
Parts Other:
chorus
Notes:
Original Playwright - Euripides
Synopsis:
depicts the turbulent arrival of the Dionysiac religion in Greece
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WOLE SOYINKA
Beatification Of Area Boy: A Lagosian Kaleidoscope, The
1st Produced:
Courtyard, West Yorkshire
1995
Company:
-
1st Published:
1995
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Genre:
-
Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
15
Female
3
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
Set in Nigeria, amid the scenes of everyday racketeering and general disquiet, the police try to clear the area of undesirables, as a traditional wedding between two illustrious and ambitious families is about to take place.
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WOLE SOYINKA
Before the Blackout
1st Produced:
Ibadan
1965
Company:
-
1st Published:
Orisun, Ibadan
1971
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Genre:
-
-
Parts:
Male
-
Female
-
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
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WOLE SOYINKA
Camwood On the Leaves
1st Produced:
-
-
Company:
-
1st Published:
1973
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Genre:
-
-
Parts:
Male
-
Female
-
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
broadcast 1960
Synopsis:
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WOLE SOYINKA
Childe Internationale
1st Produced:
-
1964
Company:
-
1st Published:
-
-
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Genre:
-
-
Parts:
Male
-
Female
-
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
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WOLE SOYINKA
Dance of the Forests, A
1st Produced:
Nigerian Independence Celebrations, Lagos
1960
Company:
-
1st Published:
Oxford University Press, Ibadan
1963
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Genre:
African Play
Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
14
Female
3
Parts Other:
extras
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
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WOLE SOYINKA
Death and the King's Horseman
1st Produced:
Ife-Ife
1976
Company:
-
1st Published:
1975
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Genre:
-
Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
8
Female
3
Parts Other:
extras
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
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 demanded by the death of the King. There follow drastic repercussions in both indigenous and colonial communities.
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WOLE SOYINKA
From Zia With Love
1st Produced:
-
1992
Company:
-
1st Published:
1992
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Genre:
-
Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
18
Female
3
Parts Other:
m/f 7
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
Confusion and fear permeate society where the brutality and injustice of military rule is parodied by life inside prison. 'From Zia With Love' is based on events in Nigeria in the early 1980s
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WOLE SOYINKA
Golden Accord, The
1st Produced:
1979-80
Company:
-
1st Published:
Samuel French, Inc. in More Ten-Minute Plays from Actors Theatre of Louisville
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Genre:
Short Play
One Act
Parts:
Male
1
Female
1
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
part of The American Project: a compendium of short plays
Synopsis:
A couple wins a game show prize when the husband breaks a very private trust. The wife responds with vengeance
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WOLE SOYINKA
Invention, The
1st Produced:
London
1959
Company:
-
1st Published:
-
-
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Genre:
-
-
Parts:
Male
-
Female
-
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
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WOLE SOYINKA
Jero's Metemorphosis
1st Produced:
Lagos
1973
Company:
-
1st Published:
1964
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Genre:
-
Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
10
Female
2
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
The Trials Of Brother Jero; Jero's Metamorphosis
Synopsis:
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WOLE SOYINKA
King Baabu
1st Produced:
Augustine's, Edinburgh Festival
2003
Company:
Over the Edge Theatre Company, Zimbabwe
1st Published:
2002
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Genre:
-
Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
22
Female
2
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
Spit-roasted giraffes, cross-dressing soldiers, alcoholic civil servants and a dash of looting and torture for dessert. Another fine day in African democracy. Zimbabwe's acclaimed company premieres Nobel Laureate Wolf Soyinka's hysterical re-imagining of Jarry's Ubu Roi. Madness reigns!
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WOLE SOYINKA
Kongi's Harvest
1st Produced:
Ibadan
1964
Company:
-
1st Published:
Oxford University Press, Ibadan
1967
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Genre:
African Play
Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
7
Female
2
Parts Other:
extras
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
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WOLE SOYINKA
Lion and the Jewel, The
1st Produced:
Ibadan
1959
Company:
-
1st Published:
Oxford University Press, Ibadan
1963
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Genre:
African Play
Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
5
Female
2
Parts Other:
extras
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
gloriously depicts African village life
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WOLE SOYINKA
Madmen and Specialists
1st Produced:
Waterford, Connecticut
1970
Company:
-
1st Published:
1971
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Genre:
-
Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
8
Female
2
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
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WOLE SOYINKA
Opera Wonyosi
1st Produced:
Ife-Ife
1977
Company:
-
1st Published:
Indiana University Press, Bloomington, 1981

in Soyinka Plays: 1, Methuen Drama, London >>>
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Genre:
-
Adaptation
Parts:
Male
-
Female
-
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
Original Playwright - Bertolt Brecht (Threepenny Opera)
Synopsis:
adpated from Gay''s 'The Beggar''s Opera' and is a fierce assault on totalitarianism
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WOLE SOYINKA
Play Of Giants, A
1st Produced:
New haven, Connecticut
1984
Company:
-
1st Published:
1984
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Genre:
-
-
Parts:
Male
-
Female
-
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
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WOLE SOYINKA
Priority Projects
1st Produced:
on Nigeria tour
1982
Company:
-
1st Published:
-
-
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Genre:
Revue
Show
Parts:
Male
-
Female
-
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
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WOLE SOYINKA
Republican and The New republican, The
1st Produced:
Lagos
1963
Company:
-
1st Published:
-
-
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Genre:
Satirical revues
Satire
Parts:
Male
-
Female
-
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
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WOLE SOYINKA
Requiem For a Futurologist
1st Produced:
Ife-Ife
1983
Company:
-
1st Published:
Collings, London
1985
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Genre:
-
-
Parts:
Male
-
Female
-
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
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WOLE SOYINKA
Rites of the Harmattan Solstice
1st Produced:
Lagos
1966
Company:
-
1st Published:
-
-
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Genre:
-
-
Parts:
Male
-
Female
-
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
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WOLE SOYINKA
Road, The
1st Produced:
1965
Company:
Commonwealth Arts Festival
1st Published:
Oxford University Press, Ibadan
1965
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Genre:
-
Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
8
Female
-
Parts Other:
extras
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
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WOLE SOYINKA
Scourge of Hyacinths, A
1st Produced:
-
-
Company:
-
1st Published:
1992
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Genre:
radio play
Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
-
Female
-
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
Confusion and fear permeate society where the brutality and injustice of military rule is parodied by life inside prison.
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WOLE SOYINKA
Strong Breed, The
1st Produced:
Ibadan
1964
Company:
-
1st Published:
in "Three Plays", Mbari, Ibadan
1963
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Genre:
-
Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
7
Female
2
Parts Other:
1g extras
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
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WOLE SOYINKA
Swamp Dwellers, The
1st Produced:
London
1958
Company:
-
1st Published:
in "Three Plays", Mbari, Ibadan
1963
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Genre:
-
Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
4
Female
1
Parts Other:
drummer, extras
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
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WOLE SOYINKA
Trials of Brother Jero, The
1st Produced:
Ibadan
1960
Company:
-
1st Published:
in "Three Plays", Mbari, Ibadan, 1963

in "The Jero Plays", Methuen Drama, London >>>
-
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Genre:
-
Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
5
Female
3
Parts Other:
extras
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
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