No Exit

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No Exit is a famous existentialist play by Jean-Paul Sartre that explores themes of freedom, self-deception, and the idea that "hell is other people."

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No Exit canonical 3
Huis clos 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf existentialist play
one-act play
play
adaptation film adaptations
radio adaptations
television adaptations
author Jean-Paul Sartre
centralConflict three dead characters trapped together for eternity
centralIdea people constitute each other’s psychological hell
countryOfOrigin France
dramaticDevice absence of physical torture devices
psychological torture through interaction
dramaticStructure unity of action
unity of place
unity of time
famousLine L'enfer, c'est les autres
famousLineTranslation Hell is other people
firstPerformanceCity Paris
firstPerformanceDate 1944
firstPerformancePlace Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier
genre existentialist drama
philosophical drama
hasInfluenced 20th-century theatre
existentialist literature
philosophical discussions of the Other
historicalContext written and first performed during World War II
languageOfFirstPerformance French
mainCharacter Estelle
Garcin
Ines
surface form: Inès
notableAdaptation 1954 television production for BBC
numberOfActs 1
originalLanguage French
originalTitle No Exit self-linksurface differs
surface form: Huis clos
philosophicalConcept denial of transcendence
responsibility for one’s choices
the gaze of the Other
philosophicalMovement French existentialism
setting Second Empire-style room
a drawing room in hell
supportingCharacter the Valet
theme bad faith
existentialism
freedom
interpersonal conflict
self-deception
self-identity through others
the nature of hell

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Jean-Paul Sartre notableWork No Exit
Rita Gam notableWork No Exit
No Exit originalTitle No Exit self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Huis clos