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A ritual meant to honor the dead becomes a moment of devastating consequence. "Death and the King's Horseman" is a powerful, poetic drama about duty, identity, and what happens when worlds collide.
Set in British-occupied Nigeria, Wole Soyinka's masterpiece centers on Elesin, the king's horseman, whose sacred responsibility is to follow his ruler into the afterlife.
