Bernard-Marie Koltes

The last play by legendary French writer Bernard-Marie Koltès was "a pioneer of a wholly new style of dramatic writing" (The Times) Who is Roberto Zucco?A prisoner or a secret agent? A lover or a rapist? A chameleon or a rhino? A peace-loving student or a killer on the run? In a series of poetic, fast-moving scenes, Koltès takes his hero on a mythical journey through a landscape of strange and violent beauty.

Roberto Zucco

Bernard-Marie Koltès

Two men pass on the street. "Tell me what you want and I'll get you it" asks one. "Tell me what you've got and I'll tell you what I want" replies the other. What follows is a cat-and-mouse game of desire and rejection, power and humiliation as the two men negotiate a deal that will never be struck.

In the Solitude of the Cotton Fie

Influenced by Genet and Fugard, Koltes' plays combined an underworld mythology with a vision of the harsh realities of life at the end of the 20th century in order to pioneer a new and dynamic style of dramatic writing. Bernard-Marie Koltes was born in 1948. Living variously in New York and Paris, he became one of the most challenging and innovative playwrights of his generation. He died in 1989.

Bernard-Marie Koltes

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