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One interesting change here is that Isola Oriebora--the man mistaken for Solarin--picks up on what's happening much quicker than Khlestakov, his counterpart of Gogol's play. While Khlestakov remains largely ignorant of the misrecognition for much of the play and sort of stumbles through the role of inspector, Isola bribes the chairman's servant to tell him what's going on but gets the info in such a way that the servant doesn't realize he's revealed anything.

So, whereas Khlestakov is largely lucky, Isola actually plans to take the corrupt officials' money both for his own benefit and to punish their corruption. View all 4 comments. There are no discussion topics on this book yet. Be the first to start one ». About Femi Osofisan. Femi Osofisan. Femi Osofisan studied in Ibadan, Dakar and Paris and taught theatre and comparative literature at the University of Ibadan for 34 years, a post from which he recently retired.

But it is as playwright that he established his reputation, having written and produced over Femi Osofisan studied in Ibadan, Dakar and Paris and taught theatre and comparative literature at the University of Ibadan for 34 years, a post from which he recently retired.

But it is as playwright that he established his reputation, having written and produced over fifty plays, roughly half of which have been published. He approaches his continuous search for a viable modern written theatre that would still be authentically African not only in terms of shared thematic concerns but, more importantly, with a view to form and technique.

He has worked on several canonical texts—including Shakespeare, Chekov, Gogol, Brecht, Feydeau, Frisch, and Sophocles—and discussed in his essays the consequences of this interweaving of cultures aimed at producing a new synthesis. What comes out of the commingling of Soyinka and Brecht or Grotowski, Clark and Ogunde with Barrault, Rotimi with Mnouchekine and so on, particularly against the backdrop of our traditional performance aesthetics?

Books by Femi Osofisan. Some of the best stories take a few hundred years to tell. But if you're in the mood for uncanny connections, hoping back and forth through Read more No trivia or quizzes yet. Add some now ».

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