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This collection consists of four one-act farces for stage. The first play, “The Transistor Radio'”, was adapted for radio and broadcast on the BBC African Theatre programme in 1972, winning a prize. Of it, Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka, has written: “It is really very well-shaped… the characters are there, their vitality, their will to live, their means are discreditable but the author achieves this difficult task of arousing condemnation and at the same time admiration for the individuals.'”
The Second play, ”Bride By Return” has also been adapted for radio and broadcast by the BBC. at all levels of Nigerian society. phoenix in Nigerian pidgin English. social concerns give this collection its general interest. The second play, “Bride By Return'”, has also been The third play is a searing political portrayal of corruption The last play is a treatmernt of the classical story of the Witty, fleet-footed dialogue, varied dramaturgy and broad social concerns give this collection its general interest.
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