The Invention
The Invention is a 1957 unpublished play by Wole Soyinka. It was first performed at the Royal Court Theatre in 1959. The play portrays the story of seven South African men who attempts to produce a foolproof method of racial identity.
Critical reception
Larson criticised the play as"clearly a lesser drama than those which Soyinka- was soonto write". He argued that the script is not well polished and that the play was written when Soyinka was at the beginning of his career - twenty-five years old.