The Transistor Radio
The Transistor Radio is a one-act play by Ken Saro-Wiwa (1941–1995) [1].
Contents
The original text
The play was originally written as a review sketch at the University of Ibadan in 1964, before it was fleshed out and to become a 600 line stage play, a radio play (published by Heinemann in 1973), and finally a television play, forming the second episode in the popular Nigerian television series about "Basi and Company".
The stage text has been published in a variety of collections, e.g. Four Farcical Plays (1989) by Saros International, African Theatre by Heinemann and in Open Space by Kagiso Publishers.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1998: Staged, with The Wheel, in the Dalro Theatre at the Windybrow Theatre Complex in December, directed by Walter Chakela, with Arthur Molepo, Alistair Dube, Emily Tseu and Tebogo Maboa.
Sources
https://www.worldcat.org/title/transistor-radio/oclc/937274565
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]
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