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Foluke Ogunleye

FOLUKE OGUNLEYE  

 Nationality:    Nigerian
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FOLUKE OGUNLEYE, PHD, teaches Drama and Media Arts at the Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife, Nigeria. An Actress and Director, she formed her Theatre Company, Christian Multimedia International (formerly Christian Theatre Studio) in 1990. She is the author of over thirty plays for stage, screen and radio. Agent: INTEGRITAS SERVICES

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 10:10 Connection         Alayo         Born to Live         Broken Hedge, The         Hurdles         In His Steps         In Times Like These         Innocent Victim, The         Jabulile         Little Attack of Pregnancy, A         Madam Nicolita         Mothers, Sisters & Daughters         Nest in a Cage         Noah' Ark         Prelude to the Feast of Worms         Returns, The         Solid Rock, The         Supermender         Touch Me         Two-in-One         Visit, The         Will You also Deny Me?

10:10 Connection

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Ibadan, Nigeria    -

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Alayo

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Tragedy

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Born to Live

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A Full-length Play about the importance of morality in aiding a society-friendly lifestyle. Diran lives a life of debauchery, but reassesses his life after a fatal accident which claimed the lives of two of his friends. He becomes a crUSAder against corruption in his office.

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1st Produced:
Ibadan, Nigeria    1987

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Morality

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Broken Hedge, The

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Yinka gets married to Tola simply because she cannot wait anymore for 'mister Right' and decides to go for 'mr. Available'. She discovers to her chagrin that Tola had a stormy past, which keeps on intruding into their present family life and threatens to destroy their future. Tola's diabolic uncle, Agbabiaka, brings a devil incarnate, Layi, into Tola and Yinka's home. Layi sows discord between the couple and attempts to drive Tola to commit suicide.

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1st Produced:
Ibadan, Nigeria    1997

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Humanities Publishers, Ibadan, 2002   -

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Morality

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Hurdles

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Ile-Ife, Nigeria    1989

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Comedy

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In His Steps

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Ibadan, Nigeria    1998

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Morality

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In Times Like These

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Ile-Ife, Nigeria    1995

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Morality

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Innocent Victim, The

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This play is about Female Circumcision. It educates the society about the evils of the practice and it also gives an insight into practices that contribute to the spreading of the HIV/AIDS virus. In the play, Alhaja determines to circumcise her baby grand-daughter, Kofo, in spite of her son's and daughter-in-law's protests. She kidnaps Kofo and takes her to a native doctor who circumcises the baby with unsterilized instruments. In the process, Kofo contacts HIV and later dies.

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1st Produced:
Ile-Ife, Nigeria    1998

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TTI Publishing Ltd., Swaziland, 2003   -

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Genre:
Tragedy

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Male:  6            Female:  11            Other:  Crowd

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Jabulile

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Jabulile tells the story of an orphan girl who loses her life to the dreaded HIV/AIDS scourge through no fault of hers. The play addresses salient issues within the Swazi society - problem of orphans, the evils of rape and society's attitude to HIV/AIDS victims. The eponymous heroine, Jabulile, becomes an orphan at a very tender age. Her aunty maltreats her and cheats her out of her inheritance.

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Academic Publishers, Swaziland, 2005   -

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Genre:
Tragedy

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Male:  18            Female:  6            Other:  Dirge Singers

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Little Attack of Pregnancy, A

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This comedy deals with the problem of family planning in a light-hearted way. Teacher refuses to allow his wife, Moni, to attend the family planning clinic. He feels marital fidelity can only be obtained by keeping his wife perpetually pregnant. Kudeti does not believe in the newfangled family planning, preferring to go the 'African' way. The activities of the two men lead to comic consequences.

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1st Produced:
Abuja, Nigeria    2000

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TTI Publishing Ltd., Swaziland, 2003   -

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Comedy

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Male:  9            Female:  8            Other:  2

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Madam Nicolita

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Ile-Ife, Nigeria    1996

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Genre:
Morality

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Mothers, Sisters & Daughters

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This is a docu-drama about the problem of unwanted pregnancy and abortion in Nigeria

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Docu-Drama Documentary

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Nest in a Cage

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A Full Length Play about the evils of sugar-daddyism. It focuses on the issue of female empowerment. In the play, Nike Adagunodo addresses an audience of female students, charging them to live a morally upright life. Precocious Adebusola however challenges her to talk about her past. The play goes into flashback mode and shows Nike Adagunodo as a woman with a past, but who has been able to surmount great odds to become a woman to be reckoned with in society.

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Ile-Ife, Nigeria    1997

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Linnet Paul Publications, Nigeria, 1997   -

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Male:  4            Female:  11            Other:  Chorus, Students

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Noah' Ark

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Ile-Ife, Nigeria    1989

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Prelude to the Feast of Worms

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Osogbo, Nigeria    1998

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Returns, The

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A Play detailing the benefits of altruism

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Ile-Ife, Nigeria    1994

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Solid Rock, The

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A Full-Length Play about youths, commitment and peer influence. The Solid Rock revolves round three major characters, Christie, Deji and Tunji. Christie is a well-educated young lady. She has a very good job. She is a successful model and singer. She has a long-standing boyfriend, Deji, who also has a good job. In the course of the play, Deji breaks their engagement and Christie becomes heartbroken.

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Ile-Ife, Nigeria    1993

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Supermender

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Supermender belongs to the comic genre. A shoemaker, tinker, magician and sewing mistress have contiguous stalls at the market. Some of their customers quarrel with them because they had done some slip-shod repair jobs for them the previous day. As the rumpus escalates, the eponymous heroine, Supermender, comes in, advertising a formula that can mend "everything".

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Ile-Ife, Nigeria    1994

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Touch Me

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Ile-Ife, Nigeria    1996

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Two-in-One

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A Play showing a character leading a 'Jekyll and Hyde' Existence and how he is discovered and disgraced.

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Ile-Ife, Nigeria    1994

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Visit, The

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The Visit - A Play about Jesus Christ's hypothetical visit to a Christian and its consequences.

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1st Produced:
Ile-Ife, Nigeria    1994

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Will You also Deny Me?

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Ile-Ife, Nigeria    2000

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