Product details
ISBN
9780413771759
Published
2002-10-17
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC; Methuen Drama
Weight
124 gr
Height
200 mm
Width
131 mm
Age
G, 01
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
107
Author
Biographical note
Wole Soyinka is a playwright, novelist, poet, and essayist born in Abeokuta, Nigeria in 1934. Soyinka won the 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature with his debut novel, The Interpreters, becoming the first-ever African laureate and has since won many other prizes such as the Academy of Achievement Golden Plate Award in 2009 and the Anisfield-Wolf book Award, Lifetime Achievement in 2012. A prominent political activist, Soyinka was imprisoned for nearly two years during the Nigerian Civil War and was later exiled. He continues to fight against government corruption and oppression worldwide.
The keenly awaited new play from the Nobel prize-winner A naked satire on the rule of General Abacha in Nigeria, the play chronicles the debauched rule of General Basha Bash who takes power in a coup and exchanges his general's uniform for a robe and crown re-christening himself King Baabu. In the manner of Alfred Jarry's Ubu Roi, Soyinka develops a special childish language for his cast of characters who have names like Potipoo and General Uzi. Weaving together burlesque comedy, theatrical excess and storytelling, King Baabu has already been coined as a pet name for the despot par excellence. "We turn Guatu into kingdom, ruled by kings. Nobody complain any more. General Basha Bash is dead. Long Live King Baabu."
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A naked satire on the rule of General Abacha in Nigeria, the play chronicles the debauched rule of General Basha Bash who takes power in a coup and exchanges his general's uniform for a robe and crown re-christening himself King Babu.
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Published to tie in with the author's visit to the UK in October 2002.
Published to tie in with the author's visit to the UK in October 2002.
The Modern Plays series is world famous for containing the work of many of the finest contemporary playwrights. Established in 1959 with the publication of Shelagh Delaney's A Taste of Honey, it remains a series synonymous with the very best in new writing for the stage. Today it features over 1000 plays and continues to grow alongside the staging of new work.
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Product details
ISBN
9780413771759
Published
2002-10-17
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC; Methuen Drama
Weight
124 gr
Height
200 mm
Width
131 mm
Age
G, 01
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
107
Author