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The Fishermen (NHB Modern Plays) - cover

The Fishermen (NHB Modern Plays)

Chigozie Obioma

Publisher: Nick Hern Books

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Summary

In a small Nigerian town, Ben and Obembe, along with their two older brothers, slip away to fish at a forbidden river. Unnoticed and carefree, they keep coming back until one day a madman's prophecy changes the course of their lives forever.
Adapted by Gbolahan Obisesan from the Man Booker Prize-shortlisted novel by Chigozie Obioma, The Fishermen is a powerful allegory of brotherhood, vengeance and fate. It was first seen at HOME, Manchester, in 2018, before a tour of the UK including the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, in a co-production between New Perspectives and HOME.
'A remarkable, mythic book' Alice Walker on The Fisherman by Chigozie Obioma
Available since: 08/06/2018.
Print length: 96 pages.

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