The Wheel

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The Wheel is a one-act play by Ken Saro-Wiwa (1941–1995) [1].

The original text

Published in Four Farcical Plays (1989) by Saros International

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1998: Staged with The Transistor Radio in December 1998 in the Dalro Theatre at the Windybrow Theatre Complex, directed by Walter Chakela, with Arthur Molepo, Alistair Dube, Emily Tseu and Tebogo Maboa.

Sources

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Saro-Wiwa

Chris Dunton. "Sologa, Eneka, and the Supreme Commander: The Theater of Ken Saro-Wiwa" In: Research in African Literatures, Vol. 29, No. 1 (Spring, 1998), pp. 153-162. [2]

Uzor Maxim Uzoatu. 2021. "The Literary Lives of Ken Saro-Wiwa", This Day[3]

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