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The Sunday Play: King Baabu

BBC Radio 3
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By Wole Soyinka. A comic and outlandish look at dictatorship. Nigerian Nobel Prize-winner Soyinka has adapted for radio his own stage play, which is loosely based on Alfred Jarry 's Ubu Roi.
Drumming and musical director TunjiOyelana Trumpet/bugle Tobias Sturmer Director Pauline Harris

Contributors

Unknown:
Wole Soyinka.
Unknown:
Alfred Jarry
Maku Makubeti:
Paterson Joseph
Ma Makube:
Susan Aderin
Tikim:
Wale Ojo
Chaplain/Shoki:
Patrice Naiambana
Marabout/Kpoki:
Marcia Hewitt
Fatasimu/officers:
Anthony Ofoegbu
Source: Radio Times

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About BBC Radio 3

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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