Elesin Oba, The King's Horseman, Has A Single Destiny. When The King Dies, He Must Commit Ritual Suicide And Lead His King's Favourite Horse And Dog Through The Passage To The World Of The Ancestors. A British Colonial Officer, Pilkings, Intervenes. As Well As The Complete Text Of The Play Itself, The Volume Contains A Chronology Of The Playwright's Life And Work; An Introduction Giving The Background To The Play; A Discussion Of The Various Interpretations; An Interview With Wole Soyinka; And Notes On Individual Words And Phrases In The Text.--jacket. Wole Soyinka ; With Commentary And Notes By Jane Plastow. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [lii]-liii).