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The Estate
Contributor(s): Agboluaje, Oladipo (Author)
ISBN: 1840026537     ISBN-13: 9781840026535
Publisher: Oberon Books
OUR PRICE:   $14.20  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: September 2007
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Annotation: Inspired by Anton Chekhov but set in contemporary Lagos, Nigeria, Chief (Mrs.) Adeyemi is engulfed in burial arrangements for her recently deceased husband, an influential entrepreneur with an extended family scattered across the globe. As his children arrive from abroad to divide their father's estate, an unnatural turn of events takes place and sparks begin to fly.
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BISAC Categories:
- Drama | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- Drama | African
Dewey: 822.92
LCCN: 2007367069
Series: Oberon Modern Plays
Physical Information: 0.26" H x 7.31" W x 7.98" (0.64 lbs) 86 pages
 
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A powerful yet comic tale of explosive family secrets and the dead hand of a corrupt patriarchy. Inspired by Chekhov but set in contemporary Lagos, Nigeria, Chief (Mrs) Adeyemi is engulfed in burial arrangements for her recently deceased husband, an influential entrepreneur with an extended family scattered across the globe. His children arrive from abroad to hear their father's Will. As they divide his estate an unnatural turn of events takes place and sparks begin to fly.
The Estate toured in 2006 in a production by Tiata Fahodzi ('Theatre of the Emancipated) and directed by Femi Elufowoju, jr.