Title: Plays
Description: In these four plays, Jean-Paul Sartre, the great existentialist novelist and philosopher, displays his mastery of the drama. No Exit is an unforgettable portrayal of hell. The Flies is a modern reworking of the Electra-Orestes story. Dirty Hands is about a young intellectual torn between theory and praxis. The Respectful Prostitute is a scathing attack on American racism. 4 plays about an existential portrayal of Hell, the reworking of the Electra-Orestes story, the conflict of a young intellectual torn between theory and conflict and an arresting attack on American racism.
Subjects: Translations into English, French Drama, Plays (Performed Works), PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, DRAMA / European, Scripts (Documents), Continental european drama (dramatic works by one author)
People: Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980)