Theatre scholar Ms Pat Obilor, launches ‘Obilor Theatre’, adapts William Shakespeare’s King Lear to an African Play setting

Pat Obilor’s the “Queen’s Wish is a modern Nigerian Yoruba Afrocentric folktale, an adaptation from the historic Elizabethan tragic play of Williams Shakespeare’s King Lear”, a King who lost his throne and power to the deceits of his two wicked daughters in exchange for public affection and external validation. Speaking on what inspired the project,... Read More