| LC control no. | n 82087588 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | PR9387.9.O37 |
| Personal name heading | Ogunyẹmi, Wale, 1939-2001 |
| Associated country | Nigeria |
| Associated place | Great Britain |
| Birth date | 1939-08-12 |
| Death date | 2001-12-17 |
| Field of activity | Nigerian drama Motion picture plays |
| Affiliation | Orisun Theatre Company Nigerian Theatre Group |
| Profession or occupation | Dramatists Actors |
| Found in | Three Nigerian plays, 1967. WaleOgunyemi.net website, Tribute to Wale Ogunyemi, viewed Oct. 31, 2016 (born 12 August 1939, in Igbajo, Osun State, Nigeria; worked at Nigerian Television Service (N.T.S.) in Lagos, where he learned film making, film editing, etc.; because of his talent in drama and creative writing, he was posted to the drama section where he started writing continuity scripts for television; began acting career in Yoruba television drama, Abogunrin, 1959; wrote his first Yoruba play in the early 1960s; worked with the Nigerian Theatre Group in the early 1960s, joined the Orisun acting company under Wole Soyinka; wrote many playing for Orisun Theatre Company; worked with Workshop Theater of the University of Leeds in 1973-74 and 1988; wrote over 100 plays, many still unpublished, and 20 film scripts; died 17 Dec. 2001) |
| Associated language | yor eng |
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