HUIS CLOS AND OTHE PLAYS

These three plays diverse in subject but thematically coherent illuminate one of Sartre''s major philosophical concerns: the struggle to live and act freely in a complex and constricting world. Lucifer and the Lord Sartre''s favourite among his plays explores this theme in depth dealing in the process with fundamental questions of faith and disillusionment; in Huis Clos - arguably Sartre''s most important play - he contends that ''Hell is other people'' and details the afterlife of three souls trapped together in locked room and the torments that they inflict on each other; while The Respectable Prostitute set in the Deep South of America is concerned with racism subjugation and the demands of conscience.