Saturday, August 19, 2006

The Lion and The Jewel

Wole Soyinka's "The Lion and The Jewel" toured selected theatres in the United Kingdom. Directed by Chuck Mike, this 1959 play was presented at the Salisbury Playhouse, The Barbican, The West Yorkshire Playhouse, The Young Vic and many others.
The Cast included Toyin Oshinaike, Ombo Gogo Ombo, Omonor Imobhio, Isioma Williams, Shola Benjamin, Anthony Ofoegbu and Chloe Okora.
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3 comments:

Aramide said...

i can't believe i didn't know about this...is it still on? :-/

COMMITTEE FOR RELEVANT ART, CORA (Winner of the Prince Claus Award 2006) said...

hello mona,

the lion and the jewel toured last year. just dragged the pictures out of the archives.

remi said...

I saw this at Barbican last year. It was energtic. After reading the book as a child, it was good to watch the play finally.