Bernard-Marie Koltès
French playwright who died of AIDS at 41 leaving a small body of work of extraordinary intensity. In the Solitude of Cotton Fields and Roberto Zucco are among the most theatrically compelling plays of the late 20th century. His work explores race, desire, and the criminal on the margins of society.
Works
- In the Solitude of Cotton FieldsIntimate play examining desire, race, and power across class lines
- Roberto ZuccoDark portrait of a seemingly ordinary man's criminal descent
- Black Battles with DogsPoetic monologue exploring poverty, rage, and social exclusion
- The Night Just Before the ForestsHaunting soliloquy of a man drifting toward violence and despair
- Quai OuestIndustrial play set on the Seine exploring marginalization and escape