Language code of text/sound track or separate title
Eng
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number
822.91
Item number
SOY/LIO
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name
Soyinka, Wole
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title
The Lion and the Jewel
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT
Edition statement
1st Edition
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication
New Delhi
Name of publisher
Oxford UNIVERSITY PRESS NEWYORK
Year of publication
1962
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Number of Pages
vi, 65p.
Other physical details
Soft Bound
505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note
This is one of the best-known plays by Africa's major dramatist, Wole Soyinka. It is set in the Yoruba village of Ilunjinle. The main characters are Sidi (the Jewel), 'a true village belle' and Baroka (the Lion), the crafty and powerful Bale of the village, Lakunle, the young teacher, influenced by western ways, and Sadiku, the eldest of Baroka's wives. How the Lion hunts the Jewel is the theme of this ribald comedy.
546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE
Language note
English
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term
English, English & Old English literatures, English drama