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 Discussing the Rites and Reason Theatre group at Brown University with producer/managing director Karen Baxter and author and poet Sherley Anne Williams. Jun. 10, 1997 Terkel discusses the opera and theater. Sep. 28, 1989 Interviewing Ralph Ellison ; part 2 1964 Discussing the book "Creation of Dr. B: A Biography of Bruno Bettelheim" with Richard Pollak Jan. 23, 1997 J. P. (James Patrick) Donleavy in conversation with Studs Terkel Oct. 25, 1979 Interview with Robert Brustein Nov. 2, 1994
