Question 16
Set Text: The Lion and the JewelWhich of the following is not a historical play?
- A.Wole Soyinka's The Lion and the Jewel
- B.John Kargbo's Let Me Die Alone
- C.Ahmed Yerima's Attahiru
- D.Ola Rotimi's Ovoramwen Nogbaisi
Show the answer and explanation
Answer: A (Wole Soyinka's The Lion and the Jewel)
Explanation
The other plays dramatise real historical figures; The Lion and the Jewel is an invented village comedy.