Review: Death and the King's Horseman: A Play
User Review - Robert Wechsler - GoodreadsAn incredible modern tragedy. It works especially well because most of its protagonists are living in a traditional world full of myths and superstitions, more classical than Shakespearean. And yet ... Read full review
Review: Death and the King's Horseman: A Play
User Review - Meia - GoodreadsDon't neglect to read the author's note! Read full review
Review: Death and the King's Horseman: A Play
User Review - Jaime Moltisanti Cucuzza - Goodreadsthis is an incredible story of duty and tradition versus free will. With a horrifying ending that will stay with you for a long time This would make an incredible film!!!! Read full review
Review: Death and the King's Horseman: A Play
User Review - Becky - GoodreadsReally fascinating story of an African tribe and changes with white man colonialism. Deeply connected with the characters- I cried. Read full review
Review: Death and the King's Horseman: A Play
User Review - Phil - GoodreadsThere are elements of this play that really appeal to me, but overall I am not a huge fan of literature engagee. I prefer somewhat more subtle works. That being said, however, I do like the way that ... Read full review
Review: Death and the King's Horseman: A Play
User Review - Levi Douglass - GoodreadsOne of the best plays I have read. Soyinka has been called the Shakespeare of Africa, though I'm no authority on the subject. Brilliant diction, appropriately varied between the African tribespeople and the white colonials. Moving ending. Makes me wish I wasn't white. Read full review
Review: Death and the King's Horseman: A Play
User Review - Nate - GoodreadsBe sure to read the author's note, because if you don't, you might take it as an East vs. West, colonial vs. tribal, new vs. old story as it would appear on first reading. But in his note, Soyinka ... Read full review
Review: Death and the King's Horseman: A Play
User Review - Joe - GoodreadsNot a clash of colonial cultures but a deadly collision of pride, religion and philosophy. Two men, both bent on the correctness of their ways, destroy lives in order to prove that they alone know the ... Read full review
Review: Death and the King's Horseman: A Play
User Review - GoodreadsJust saw a gorgeous, heartbreaking, memorable production in Ashland and came home and read it. Wonderful on the page, too. An indictment in poetry. Not a bleak tragedy, an exuberant, enraged tragedy.
Review: Death and the King's Horseman: A Play
User Review - Allison Stuart - GoodreadsThis was an amazing play! The dialogue was fantastic and lyrical, and the mood was tense and dark. The need to fulfill tradition and duty are overpowering as the play confronts the issues surrounding ... Read full review
