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 Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy discuss the play "Gin Game" Jun. 1, 1979 Gore Vidal discusses his book “Myra Breckinridge” Apr. 3, 1968 Interviewing actor, singer, songwriter, and playwright Ewan MacColl and singer and songwriter Peggy Seeger Apr. 29, 1986 Interviewing actor Hal Holbrook ; part 2 1961 Robert Morley discusses the youth and Kenneth Allsop discusses people from his book 1962 Discussing the book "Hocus Pocus" with the author, novelist Kurt Vonnegut Oct. 11, 1990