The National Troupe of Nigeria is set to stage one of Professor Wole Soyinka’s most performed plays, ‘Death and the King’s Horseman’, on November 19 and 20, at the National Theatre, Iganmu, Lagos.
The play is being staged as part of the troupe’s ongoing Nigeria’s independence celebration performances and in commemoration of Soyinka’s 1986 Nobel Prize feat.
Artistic Director and Chief Executive Officer of the troupe, Nigeria, Mr. Akin Adejuwon, explained that the staging of the play was more propitious because it was 30 years since Africa and indeed the world joined Nigeria in celebrating Soyinka’s award of the Nobel Prize for Literature.
“Recall that Professor Soyinka became the first African to be awarded a Nobel Prize for Literature in 1986. This is a feat that is worth celebrating and we have chosen one of his epic plays which, incidentally, was written by this time 40 years ago to celebrate the performing and literary icon. Indeed we find the play, which has been acknowledged as one of Africa’s best book of the 20th century, fitting to celebrate this living legend and icon,’’ he said.
Adejuwon also hinted that the November 19 performance would be a command performance that would be hosted by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed. According to him, the play, which will be directed by Mike Anyanwu, will open to a paying audience on November 20.
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