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 Interviewing three members from the cast of a production of "The Grapes of Wrath" Sep. 29, 1988 Robertson Davies discusses his book, "Lyre of Orpheus" Jan. 26, 1989 Discussing the play "Your Home In the West," with Estelle Parsons Oct. 30, 1991 Terkel comments on and reads from "The War" with Eleanor Bron May. 12, 1986 Discussing "The Romantic Egoists" and interviewing Scottie Fitzgerald Dec. 5, 1974 Interviewing Sam Levene and Monica May from the cast of "Make a Million" Aug. 26, 1960