Fostered by Francois Mitterand's supportive Arts policies, the 1980s have seen a florescence of French drama. This anthology offers readers their first opportunity to read in English the works of four outstanding contemporary dramatists. Michel Vinaver's Portrait of a Woman, with seventeen characters to be played by eleven actors, is an intimate study of the motives of a notorious murderess. Raymond Cousse's dramatic monologue Those Childish Things is a poignantly comic, child's-eye view of adult life. Stranger in the House by Richard Demarcy is a 'serie noire' play in which an Arab plays havoc with a French family and Bernard-Marie Koltes's Struggles of the Dogs and the Black, set on a construction site in West Africa, focuses on two men who vie for the favours of a woman, The plays in this volume offer a range of possibilities for both large and small-scale performance.

New French Plays (Methuen New Theatrescript)

Literature & Fiction

Bernard-Marie Koltès

Michel Vinamer

Raymond Cousse

Richard Demarcy

World Literature

METHUEN

Black Battles with Dogs A remarkable work it seems to have been written in adrenaline Observer Return to the Desert A very great play both funny and profound La Croix Roberto Zucco A French classic Independent on Sunday Bernard Marie Koltes is a classic of our time who since 1990 is the French author most performed abroad Le Monde Bernard Marie Koltes is a classic of our time who since 1990 is the French author most performed abroad Le Monde In Black Battles with Dogs the battles take place not only between individuals but also between societies cultures ideologies Return to the Desert enacts a conflict that is to do with ownership Adrien and Mathilde brother and sister fight about who can lay claim to the family property the last play Roberto Zucco pits the outlaw Roberto Zucco against the whole of law abiding society David Bradby Royal Holloway London University Koltes s plays present a vision of the harsh realities of late twentieth century life influenced by Genet and Fugard combined with a formal approach to dramatic dialogue in the French classical tradition Bernard Marie Kolts is a classic of our time who since 1990 is the French author most performed abroad Le Monde In Black Battles with Dogs the battles take place not only between individuals but also between societies cultures ideologies Return to the Desert enacts a conflict that is to do with ownership Adrien and Mathilde brother and sister fight about who can lay claim to the family property the last play Roberto Zucco pits the outlaw Roberto Zucco against the whole of law abiding society David Bradby Royal Holloway London University Koltes s plays present a vision of the harsh realities of late twentieth century life influenced by Genet and Fugard combined with a formal approach to dramatic dialogue in the French classical tradition Bernard Marie Kolts is a classic of our time who since 1990 is the French author most per

Koltes Plays: 1: Struggle of the Blacks and the Dogs; Return to the Desert; Roberto Zucco (Contemporary Dramatists)

Dramas & Plays

Methuen Publishing

A new translation of this classic play by the greatest French playwright of the 80s
 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 thrilling cat-and-mouse game of desire and rejection, power and humiliation as the two men negotiate a deal that will never be struck. Koltès's mesmerising play for two actors premiered in France in 1987 and was immediately hailed as a contemporary masterpiece, playing successfully throughout Europe. Koltès's plays have been phenomenally successful, not just in Europe but worldwide. They present a vision of the harsh realities of late twentieth-century life, influenced by Genet and Fugard, combined with a formal approach to dramatic dialogue in the French classical tradition.
The play is published to coincide with the première of this new translation at Aldwych Tube station London and touring throughout the UK (including the The Other Place, Stratford) directed by League of Gentlemen's co-creator Gordon Anderson.Published to tie in with the new production by ATC directed by League of Gentleman co-creator Gordon Anderson. Koltès was "a creator of a mythology of the underworld, a champion of the underdog and the lone wolf, and a pioneer of a wholly new style of dramatic writing" The Times
Koltès is "a classic of our time, who, since 1990, is the French author most performed abroad" Le Monde.

In the Solitude of the Cotton Fie (Modern Plays)

Humor & Entertainment

Methuen Drama

A second collection of plays by the legendary French contemporary playwright 
 In The Solitude Of Cotton Fields (1987) is an extraordinary duologue between two men who meet randomly on the street and who find themselves locked in a struggle between life and death; Quai Ouest and Sallinger are both set in America and provide extraordinarily prescient insight into America's relationship with outsiders. The Night Before The Forests is a soul-searching monologue addressed to an unseen audience whose identity is never fully discovered, although it is constantly in question. "A creator of a mythology of the underworld, a champion of the underdog and the lone wolf, and a pioneer of a wholly new style of dramatic writing" - The Times "A classic of our time, who, since 1990, is the French author most performed abroad"- Le Monde

Koltès Plays: 2: Sallinger, Night Just Before the Forests, Quay West, and In the Solitude of Cotton Fields (Methuen Drama)

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