In The Solitude of Cotton Fields

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Event In The Solitude of Cotton Fields
Venue La Mama Courthouse, Carlton, VIC
First Date 17 April 2019
Opening Date 17 April 2019
Last Date 28 April 2019
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional Cooperative
World Premiere No
Description Late at night in a dark alley, two men meet. One has something to sell and believes that the other has something he wishes to buy. The other protests, no ...! But of course, deep down he must desire something, and whatever it is the seller has it for him. For any other writer this would be just the prelude to a rapidly unfolding plot. But Koltes traps his two characters, like Beckett’s tramps, in their never-ending prelude. Waiting for a deal (Godot) to arrive, hoping that eventually it will: these are the central dynamics of our consumerist culture; and Koltes builds the suspense of the enco
Description Source Programme
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Tom Dent Actor
Robert Meldrum Actor
Richard Murphet Director
John Collopy Lighting Designer
Adam Casey Sound Designer
Jackie Mates Stage Manager
Lenora Champagne Translator
Bernard-Marie Koltes Writer
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Programme La Mama programme.
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 154614