In the Solitude of the Cotton Fields

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.Kolt s's play for two actors premiered in France in 1987 and was hailed as a contemporary masterpiece, playing successfully throughout Europe.

Kolts'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.