The Invention

Larson criticised the play as"clearly a lesser drama than those which Soyinka- was soon to 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.^[3]

• Ogunyemi, Ernest (15 July 2021). "52 Books in 64 Years: Your Guide to Wole Soyinka's Body of Work". Open Country Mag. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
• Larson, Charles (1971). "Soyinka's First Play:". Africa Today. 18 (4). Indiana University Press: 80–83. ISSN 0001-9887. JSTOR 4185199. Retrieved 21 February 2025.