{"product_id":"soyinka-plays","title":"Soyinka Plays","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Unquestionably Africa's most versatile writer and arguably one of her finest' - \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA Play of Giants is a savage satire on some of the best-known dictators of our time (including Idi Amin); it brings together a group of dictatorial African leaders at bay in an embassy in New York attempting to make decisions together. Its theatrical predecessors include: Genet's \u003ci\u003eThe Balcony\u003c\/i\u003e and Brecht's \u003ci\u003eArturo Ui. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom Zia with Love and A Scourge of Hyacinths; When the Military decrees that a crime carrying a prison sentence now retroactively warrants summary execution, confusion and fear permeate a society where the brutality and injustice of military rule is parodied by life inside prison - based on events in Nigeria in the early 1980s Wole Soyinka's stage play \u003ci\u003eFrom Zia with Love\u003c\/i\u003e and radio play \u003ci\u003eA Scourge of Hyacinths\u003c\/i\u003e, were produced in the early 90s.","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48833535705293,"sku":"9780413732606","price":30.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0557\/1529\/9533\/files\/imageloader_71f81e0e-3831-4c11-95cb-c1c294621dbf.jpg?v=1790888515","url":"https:\/\/booksatmidnight.com\/products\/soyinka-plays","provider":"Books At Midnight","version":"1.0","type":"link"}