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Ola Rotimi

OLA ROTIMI

  (1938 - 2000)
Nationality:    Nigerian
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Literary Agent:    n/a

Rights: Ola Rotimi Foundation, 1606 Peace Street, Durham NC 27701

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below is a list of Ola Rotimi's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Akassa Youmi         Gods Are Not to Blame, The         Grip Am         Holding Talks         Hopes of the Living-Dead         If: A Tragedy of the Ruled         Initiation Into Madness         Kurunmi: An Historical Tragedy         Our Husband Has Gone Mad Again         Ovonramwen Nogbaisi
Akassa Youmi

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Port Harcourt     1977

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Gods Are Not to Blame, The

Synopsis:
rewrite of the Oedipus myth set in 15th century Nigeria

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based on Sophocles

1st Produced:
Ife-Ife     1968

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1st Published:
Oxford University Press, Ibadan, 1971   

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Grip Am

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Ife-Ife     1973

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Holding Talks

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1st Produced:
Ife-Ife     1970

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1st Published:
Ibadan University Press-Oxford University Press, Ibadan, 1979   

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Hopes of the Living-Dead

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Port Harcourt     1985

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1st Published:
Spectrum Books, Ibadan, 1988   

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If: A Tragedy of the Ruled

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Port Harcourt     1979

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1st Published:
Heinemann, Ibadan, 1983   

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Initiation Into Madness

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Notes:
Original Playwright - Adegoke Durojaiye

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Ife-Ife     1973

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Adaptation

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Kurunmi: An Historical Tragedy

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1st Produced:
Ife-Ife     1969

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1st Published:
Oxford University Press, Ibadan, 1971   

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Our Husband Has Gone Mad Again

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1st Produced:
Ibadan     1966

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1st Published:
Oxford University Press, Ibadan, 1977   

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Ovonramwen Nogbaisi

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1st Produced:
Ife-Ife     1971

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1st Published:
Ethiope, Benin City, 1974   

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