00 / 00 Wole Soyinka discusses the play "Death and the King's Horseman" BROADCAST: Oct. 11, 1979 | DURATION: 00:52:47 Synopsis Wole Soyinka discusses the play "Death and the King's Horseman." Includes passages from the play and Nigerian funeral music. Details Broadcast Date Oct. 11, 1979 Physical Format 1 sound tape reel (ca. 52.42 min.) : 10 1/2 in. Duration 52 minutes, 47 seconds Digital Format WAV Ownership The Chicago History Museum Language English Topics Literature Theater Myths, Stories, Storytelling People Actors Tags Audiotapes. Radio programs. WFMT (Radio station : Chicago, Ill.) Soyinka, Wole Theater Death and the King's Horseman Plays. Funeral processions. Nigeria. African theater African plays Death-masks Nigerian playwrights Black playwrights King's horseman King's death Death--Nigeria Oral history--Africa. Praise singer Bell ringer Audience participation Progeny Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Women's roles Showanda Juju music--Nigeria. Nigerian gods Nigerian culture European education Related Programs Interview with the Siamsa Irish folk theatre Sep. 14, 1976 Interviewing the author John Leggett Aug. 12, 1974 Alexander Eliot discusses his book "Sight and Insight" Mar. 14, 1959 Claudia Cassidy discusses her career as a critic ; part 1 Nov. 30, 1966 Reading Nicholas Von Hoffman's "Mississippi notebook II" with additional comments on South Africa Sep. 24, 1964 Interviewing Joyce Grenfell while Studs was in London England Dec. 1, 1962