In a play by this man, a poet's student breaks his arm after being sent up to a palace's worryingly 
In a play by this man, a poet's student breaks his arm after being sent up to a palace's worryingly steep roof to retrieve a canary belonging to Madame Tortoise. In that play by this man, a former carver climbs a tree with a basket over his head at the climax of his redemption, which involved help from a married couple from the army of Emperor Mata Kharibu. Another play by this author includes recurring mentions of the "Not-I Bird" and features a scene in which the policeman (*) Amusa is horrified to find a couple wearing robes used for the egungun ceremony. This man wrote a play in which Olunde commits suicide after Simon Pilkings, a colonial administrator, prevents his father Elesin from doing the same. For 10 points, name this Nigerian playwright of The Dance of the Forests and Death and the King's Horseman.
In a play by this man, a poet's student breaks his arm after being sent up to a palace's worryingly steep roof to retrieve a canary belonging to Madame Tortoise.
Wole Soyinka [or Akinwande Oluwole Soyinka]