The Second Coming
Subtitle: A Play
Author: Elphas Owino
This play is written by Owino Elphas an author of children's literature and drama director. The play addresses the challenges that come with parenthood and subsequently the dangers that come with it. The playwright highlights the place of vulnerable children in less fortunate families and the outcomes of the position.
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The play, The Second Coming addresses the awakening of parental responsibilities in societies. It is a timely representation of what befall most children especially those who find themselves in less fortunate families. The play follows the story of Brian Nyang’ute by highlighting the challenges of parenthood and the need to address those challenges soon before they get out of hand. Nyangu’te struggles to live with a father who is fast to device ways of escaping filial obligations. The family's miseries earn the intervention of the society that arrives in time to salvage the situation of child neglect and irresponsibility which are the dangers that lurk behind the children.