This play opens with a discussion between the Praise Singer and the title character in the market district ruled by Iyaloja, who berates the title character when she finds him chained by Simon Pilkings, obligating his son Olunde to take his life.
This work's title character tells his wife he needed her "as the abyss across which my body must be drawn." He asks "the ghostly one" to release his "shadow" after the Aide-de-Camp wonders what to do about an "invasion" of women chanting a dirge. This work sees young girls imitate British mannerisms and mock the sexuality of the Christian constable Amusa. This play opens with a discussion between the Praise Singer and the title character in the market district ruled by Iyaloja, who berates the title character when she finds him chained by Simon Pilkings, obligating his son Olunde to take his life. For 10 points, name this play about the title Yoruban, a work of Wole Soyinka.
This work's title character tells his wife he needed her "as the abyss across which my body must be drawn."
{Death} and the {King's Horseman}