A Complete Book Review on Bernard Dickson’s The King’s Verdict

A Complete Book Review on Bernard Dickson’s The King’s Verdict

BOOK REVIEW

Author:Bernard Dickson

Place of Publication:Ibadan

Publishers:Winepress Publising

Year of Publication: 2023

Number of pages:64

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INTRODUCTION

The King’s Verdict is a play that is quite instrumental and that can help the reader in having an idea about what a typical patriarchal setting is all about as it tries to tackle cultural practices as experienced by Urediya and her daughter (Adanma) after the demise of her father. The play is quite unique in its way of presentation. Each Act in the book is given a unique and successive view such that it captures the attention of the person until he is done reading the book. The play captures issues faced by women who try to break away from what is considered an outdated cultural practice that relegates women to the background and the difficulties women face when they try to be free from such practices so they can become relevant people in the society just as witnessed by Adanma.

CONTENTS OF THE BOOK

The content of this book is so organized that succession of each Act makes it easy for the reader to catch up with the message he is trying to pass across. The Acts in the book is arranged into five Acts which is divided into scenes. Each Act is written such that the reader tries to anticipate what the next Act would look like. This anticipation continues to increase the urge to keep on reading the book. I

SETTING OF THE PLAY

From the names and the culture portray in the play by the playwright, it cloud be said that the play vividly set in the south east of Nigeria which comprises of Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu, and Imo which is the core Igbo speaking region of Nigeria and the time frame is set in the early 90s before the coming of the colonial masters

ORGANIZATION OF THE CONTENTS

The book is divided into five Acts, with the first Act having Five scenes, the second having three scenes. The third has one scene. The fourth having two scenes and lastly the fifth has one scene. The organization of the book starts from.

A Complete Book Review on Bernard Dickson’s The King’s Verdict

ACTS ONE

Scene One:starts with the unveiling of the sitting room of the deceased Ejike On and his Obi which is a wide rectangular room with three doors and the mourning passing by Urediya and Adanma (his wife and daughter) before the arrival of Ma and making known his intention of marrying his late brother’s wife and the intention ensues afterwards.

Scene two:This speaks about the conversation between Mazi Okeke and Mazi Orji a Urediya and the payment of the debts owed to him by Mazi Orji. In this scene, Maz was accusing Mazi Okeke of trying to take Urediya from him by the way he looks at to which he replied that he only tries to help her fix her roof, something Mazi Orji has not done.

EVALUATION

This book is written to talk about the cultural relegation most women witness when they try to tackle obsolete cultural practices in a patriarchal society that does not see women as people that can make impact in the society other than to get married and have kids. The book gives an insight to what a typical Igbo cultural setting used to look like.

CONCLUSION

The play is written to meet the needs of students needs who desire to broaden their knowledge and have a critical knowledge about what an Igbo cultural practices about women used to be all about before women started fighting this and becoming more relevant and heard in the society.

RECOMMENDATION

It is strongly recommended that the play should be introduce into the curriculum for both secondary and higher education of learning because awareness at that stage will help to breath a better society where everyone irrespective of gender, race and culture will be seen as equal.

References

Bernard, Dickson. (2023). The King’s Verdict. Winepress Publishing, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria