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Download or read book Women of Owu written by Femi Osofisan and published by Ibadan University Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an African retelling of Euripides: an unnervingly topical story of a people and a beloved city destroyed by the brutality of war. The play was first performed in Lagos in 2003 under the distinguished director Chuck Mike, and subsequently toured the UK.
Book Synopsis The Revolutionary Drama and Theatre of Femi Osofisan by : Chima Osakwe
Download or read book The Revolutionary Drama and Theatre of Femi Osofisan written by Chima Osakwe and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2018-11-07 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an extensive and captivating study of the work of Femi Osofisan, one of Nigeria’s most important dramatists and postcolonial playwrights. It explores a variety of his plays to gather together insights on the role of art in social change, and discusses the relationship between literature and politics.
Book Synopsis Who's Afraid of Solarin? by : Femi Osofisan
Download or read book Who's Afraid of Solarin? written by Femi Osofisan and published by University Press, Nigeria. This book was released on 2007 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The late Dr. Tai Solarin was the Principle and Proprietor of the Mayflower Grammar School at Ikenne, and Public Complaints Commissioner of the former Western State of Nigeria. This play by Femi Osofisan, the distinguished Nigerian playwright, is in his honour. Isola, a rascally and irresponsible traveller, is mistaken for the dreaded Public Complaints Commissioner, Solarin, by the corrupt officials of the Local Government Council. He plays on this until the real Commissioner arrives. The classic play was first published in 1978; and this new edition includes the first Tai Solarin Memorial Lecture, delivered in 2004 by Femi Osofisan.
Book Synopsis Ancient Songs Set Ablaze by : Sandra L. Richards
Download or read book Ancient Songs Set Ablaze written by Sandra L. Richards and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ancient Songs Set Ablaze constitutes the first systematic study of the plays of Femi Osofisan, winner in 1983 of the first Assciation of Nigerian Authors prize for drama. Osofisan is one of the most respected and prolific African writers. He uses a postcolonial history of poverty political unrest, and social corruption to create theatre pieces that range from social protest dramas, to murder mysteries, to farces. His style encompasses such African performance practices as story-telling, dance dramas, and dilemma tales. As his work gains in popularity in the United States, Osofisan has begun to obtain commissions and productions on American college campuses and regional theatres nationwide.
Book Synopsis Once Upon Four Robbers by : Femi Osofisan
Download or read book Once Upon Four Robbers written by Femi Osofisan and published by Heinemann Educational Books. This book was released on 1991 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The distinguished Nigerian playwright directed the first performance of this play at the Arts Theatre at the University of Ibadan. Osofisan's incisive vision is put at the service of oppressed humanity. His over-riding theme is that the machinery of oppression in human society is created by man, but man is also capable of demolishing it. The production includes Yoruba songs and incantations, and a glossary provides an English translation - as a guide for other directors to substitute appropriate dirges.
Download or read book African Theatre written by Martin Banham and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The contributions to this volume in the African Theatre series make clear that the role of women in the theatre across the continent has changed as control is mainly held by literate elites and women's traditional standing has been lost to men.
Book Synopsis Emerging Perspectives on Femi Osofisan by : Toyin Falola
Download or read book Emerging Perspectives on Femi Osofisan written by Toyin Falola and published by Africa Research and Publications. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This anthology presents the most comprehensive and up-to-date critical works on the creative ingenuity of Femi Osofisan, one of the most prolific contemporary African writers ever. With contributions from a distinguished set of literary scholars, Toyin Falola and Tunde Akinyemi's innovative anthology covers a broad range of themes, including literature and society, gender, style and the use of language, the mobility of oral tradition and translation/transliteration.
Book Synopsis Morountodun and Other Plays by : Femi Osofisan
Download or read book Morountodun and Other Plays written by Femi Osofisan and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Based on the ancient myth of Moremi, the Ife queen who infiltrated the enemy camp to ensure her people's triumph, Morountodun brilliantly brings the story up to date. No More The Wasted Breed and Red is the Freedom Road complete a collection by one of Nigeria's best-known playwrights."--Page 4 of cover
Book Synopsis Femi Osofisan by : Muyiwa P. Awodiya
Download or read book Femi Osofisan written by Muyiwa P. Awodiya and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Esu and the Vagabond Minstrels by : Femi Osofisan
Download or read book Esu and the Vagabond Minstrels written by Femi Osofisan and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Birthdays are Not for Dying & Other Plays by : Femi Osofisan
Download or read book Birthdays are Not for Dying & Other Plays written by Femi Osofisan and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Chattering and the Song by : Femi Osofisan
Download or read book The Chattering and the Song written by Femi Osofisan and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Tegonni written by Femi Osofisan and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Oriki of a Grasshopper, and Other Plays by : Femi Osofisan
Download or read book The Oriki of a Grasshopper, and Other Plays written by Femi Osofisan and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Engagement written by Femi Osofisan and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Restless Run of Locusts by : Femi Osofisan
Download or read book A Restless Run of Locusts written by Femi Osofisan and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Kolera Kolej written by Femi Osofisan and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
