{"product_id":"9780413732606","title":"Soyinka Plays: 2 : A Play of Giants; From Zia with Love; A Scourge of Hyacinths; The Beatification of Area Boy","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eSoyinka Plays: 2\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Wole Soyinka\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Unquestionably Africa's most versatile writer and arguably one of her finest'  - \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom Zia with Love and A Scourge of Hyacinths\u003c\/i\u003e; 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780413732606\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Methuen Drama","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40611684319438,"sku":"9780413732606","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780413732606","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}