Jon Fosse has been called -the Beckett of the 21st century- (Le Monde), and the Royal Court production of Nightsongs was dubbed -Waiting for Godot without the gags.- Just as Beckett's plays -- and those of all great playwrights -- grew out of their time, and influenced the current styles of drama, and were part of what brought their times forward, so do Fosse's plays now. Fosse: Plays Six marks the culmination of this Norwegian playwright's body of work for the stage to be published in the English language.
The volume includes the plays Rambuku, Freedom,...