Crown Of Blood – A Yoruba Adaptation Of Macbeth
Author(s):
William Shakespeare, adapted by Oladipo Agboluaje
Company:
Sheffield Theatres and Utopia Theatre
"Of what use is a good man without ambition"
A retelling of Shakespeare's Macbeth set during the civil wars of 19th-century Yorubaland.
General Aderemi, fresh from saving the kingdom from invaders, is promoted to Field Marshall, thus fulfilling the prophecy of the oracle. When the oracle says he will become King, Aderemi and his wife Oyebisi go on a bloody mission to ensure he sits on the throne.
Directed by Artistic Director of Utopia Theatre Mojisola Kareem (Death and the King’s Horseman).