Résumé
A man and woman appear as different couples, depending on the scenes they are portraying. Endless encounters, affairs and separations between man and woman: a first love, a passionate chance encounter in a train, the illusions and fears of an older couple who have experienced disappointments and break-ups. A mix of dialogues and monologues.
Regard du traducteur
Solitude à deux looks at love, or the impossibility of love, between a man and a woman. The play unfolds largely from the man's perspective. The fear of emotions blends with desire, fear of being hurt and the need to believe in life as a couple. The man tells the story, provides commentary and draws conclusions. The situations are archetypal or show the comical, absurd side of daily life, and are filled with poetic imagery -moments of silence and tenderness, the silence after a fight. The man 'sings' the praises of the woman's beauty, sees her as a saintly figure, only to depose her and take away her sacred aura moments later. The dialogues swing between the everyday, the poetic, the absurd and the tragic. A play about solitude shared, yet solitude inescapable and constant, offset only by a few glimpses of emotion.