Historical Photo: Young Wole Soyinka With Members Of Royal Court Theatre In The UK In 1959

credits: National Helm

 Pictured above are members of the Royal Court Theatre in a field during the 1959 Aldermaston March.


Seated on the ground in the lower left corner, shrouded in a plastic raincoat, is the Nigerian writer, poet and playwright, Wole Soyinka. According to online reports, Soyinka was a script reader at the Theatre.

 

via National Helm