Topic: Constantine Stanislavski's conventions can be applied to the acting styles and techniques of the performers in the first scene of “The Lion and the Jewel” by Wole Soyinka. In “The Lion and the Jewel” by Wole Soyinka, Stanislavski's method of motivation should be used in the performance applied to Lakunle's acting styles and techniques to enhance the viewer's realization of the play's themes. The Lion and the Jewel is a play that uses comedy to address the customs of the Yoruba village. It is somewhat satirical, although the message of the play is entirely about the journey of accepting oneself and loving others. The Lion and the Jewel is a play based on the Yoruba village in Nigeria, Africa. In this play the main characters are: Sidi (the Jewel), a beautiful young woman whose love is fought by Baroka and Lakunle, Baroka (the Lion) is the head of the village, he has had many wives and is very old, he aims to marrying Sidi for her beauty and the youth he hopes she will bring back into his life, Lakunle hopes to marry her to introduce her to the modern world outside the village. The two suitors of Sidi; the one she highly respects for his authority in the village, and the other who is introducing her to the modern world, both pursue her only for the personal gain of her beauty. Even though Sidi has to find herself again, she does so only after becoming a magazine model and realizing the beauty she has inside and out. He is then able to make a competent decision about who he will love. This is a story that clearly evaluates the cliché, that "to be loved by others you must love yourself." This image shows a child kissing as a symbol of loving himself....... in the center of the card. .....otherwise a person might feel frustrated. To express this frustration the performer may stand with his hand on his hip and a confused look on his face to express his confusion with her constant denial of him. The actor's motivation for this would be annoyance at being understood when introduced to something he deems primitive. It's a lot like learning how to spell cat in high school. This is a representation of the action that the male playing Lakunle can take when he says these lines. Wole Soyinka through his work has provided a satirical vision of the Yoruba village, which can be improved according to Stanislavski's motivational method. With Lakunle, understanding how to play a man who feigns love and who is too modernized to accept other people's culture is vital because there are many actors who won't understand how to play the character..