Oxford University Press Oxford, University Press plc (UPPLC)
Publication date
1971
Media type
Print (Paperback)
Pages
72 pp
ISBN
0-19-211358-5
Preceded by
Our Husband Has Gone Mad Again
Followed by
Kurunmi
The Gods Are Not To Blame is a 1968 play and a 1971 novel by Ola Rotimi.[1] An adaptation of the Greek classic Oedipus Rex, the story centres on Odewale, who is lured into a false sense of security, only to somehow get caught up in a somewhat consanguineous trail of events by the gods of the land.[2]
The novel is set in an indeterminate period of a Yoruba kingdom. This reworking of Oedipus Rex was part of the African Arts (Arts d'Afrique) playwriting contest in 1969. Rotimi's play has been celebrated on two counts: at first scintillating as theatre and later accruing a significant literary aura.[3] This article focuses specifically on the 1968 play.
^Dictionary of Literary Biography Complete Online Archived 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine: Emmanuel Gladstone Olawale Rotimi|E.G.O (ed 2009) Gale Research
^"Preview: The Gods Are Not To Blame, Arcola Theatre, London". The Independent. May 26, 2005. Archived from the original on June 12, 2011. Retrieved 2011-02-17.
^Barbara Goff and Michael Simpson, Crossroads in the Black Aegean: Oedipus, Antigone, and dramas of the African diaspora, Oxford University Press, United States, 2006 ISBN 0-19-921718-1
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