Madmen and Specialists, By Wole Soyinka
- Synopsis
- The play ‘Madmen and Specialists’, which is set in Nigeria after a bitter civil war, presents a series of characters - comic, sinister, traditional and modern, who have been and are being affected by that war. The action in Act I takes place outside the surgery and home of Dr Bero, a government ‘specialist’ (i.e. medical torturer) and Act II in the underground surgery itself, which is where Dr Bero’s father, also a medical man, is being held incommunicado.
- Series
- Literature in the Modern World, Course A319
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 91 min.
- Year of production
- 1991
- Availability
- OUT OF DISTRIBUTION
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Africa; drama; drama in English; English literature; literature - African; Soyinka, Wole
Credits
- Producer
- Tony Coe
Production Company
Distributor
- Name
Open University Worldwide
- Web
- http://www.ouw.co.uk External site opens in new window
- Phone
- +44 (0) 1908 274066
- Address
- Walton Hall
Milton Keynes
MK7 6AA - Notes
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