One work of this man features a ritual "to make a mother rip her son like bread/across a banqueting board!" in his adaptation The Bacchae. One of this man's plays contains four alternate endings, and a prostitute called "Madame Tortoise," who is a story-telling spirit. In addition to A Dance of the Forests, he wrote about t
One work of this man features a ritual "to make a mother rip her son like bread/across a banqueting board!" in his adaptation The Bacchae. One of this man's plays contains four alternate endings, and a prostitute called "Madame Tortoise," who is a story-telling spirit. In addition to A Dance of the Forests, he wrote about the teacher Eman who takes the place of a young boy in a ritual in his The Strong Breed, and another work in which Elisen is slighted by Simon Pilkings. One of his works sees Baroka and Lakunle vie for the love of Sidi. For 10 points, identify this Nigerian playwright best remembered for The Lion and the Jewel and Death and the King's Horseman.
One work of this man features a ritual "to make a mother rip her son like bread/across a banqueting board!"
Wole {Soyinka}