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    Broken Pots
    Broken Pots
    Broken Pots
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    Broken Pots

    By Uwem Udoko

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    "... His place who can take
    And set the pace
    For water drawers to follow
    To the stream that breaks pots
    And if the gods delight in broken
    Pots and Song
    Who can sing the song of
    Broken Pots?...

    This rhetorical question sets the stage for the tragic drama that ensues.

    The reigns of the princes, Usuaimaha and Ekong was expected to usher in peace between the feuding kingdoms of Obioitiat and Obioidim. But in ironical twist, their deaths at the points of ascending the thrones rather turned out to be the precursor of the peace. Were their lives taken in exchange for the peace? What went wrong?

    In this intriguing story of friendship, ambition, and power, the struggles of the princes against the awesome forces of fate are aptly captured as they drive the play to a historic ending.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLulu Publishing Services
    Release dateJan 6, 2015
    ISBN9781483416496
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      Broken Pots - Uwem Udoko

      Copyright © 2014 Uwem Udoko.

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored, or transmitted by any means—whether auditory, graphic, mechanical, or electronic—without written permission of both publisher and author, except in the case of brief excerpts used in critical articles and reviews. Unauthorized reproduction of any part of this work is illegal and is punishable by law.

      ISBN: 978-1-4834-1648-9 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4834-1649-6 (e)

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      Lulu Publishing Services rev. date: 10/01/2014

      CONTENTS

      Act 1

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      Act 2

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      Act 3

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      ACT 1

      SCENE 1

      [A village square in Obioitiat Kingdom. It is a moonlit night. Enter three HUNTERS, armed with dane guns.]

      [They sit on a log of wood]

      [Stands up and stretches himself. The two HUNTERS rise and hobble into the playground. He begins to clap and sing as the two HUNTERS close in and begin to wrestle.]

      My hero is a freeborn

      Your hero is a slave

      I will prove it!

      Come and prove it

      Now a broken waist

      I will prove it!

      Come and prove it!

      And then a broken back.

      [The two HUNTERS fight wildly. Soon the sky begins to darken as rain clouds gather in the sky. Wind and thunder. And then rain. The fighters disengage, and they all picked up their guns and begin to run for shelter.]

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