Miller's Tale : Wahala Dey O!

The Miller's Tale: Wahala Dey O! brings to life Chaucer's medieval pilgrimage transposed to a prayer retreat in Lagos, Nigeria, where a drunken miller tells of the wahala of a wealthy Urhobo carpenter tricked by his teenage wife and her lovers. The play weaves Chaucerian satire together with song, dance, and social commentary of modern Nigeria, asking bold questions about the fragile human emotions of fear, love, revenge, and our incessant need for gossip.This edition of Wahala Dey O! represents the collective work of four undergraduates of the Department of English and Drama at the University of Toronto-Mississauga, under the guidance of chief editor Jessica Lockhart. With the help of Ufuoma Overo-Tarimo and Olatunji Sotomirin and the support of Alexandra Gillespie and the University of Toronto-Mississauga, we are glad to present Wahala Dey O! in print form, exposing the play to a wider readership for the first time.