{"id":108,"date":"2015-01-01T20:41:53","date_gmt":"2015-01-01T20:41:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/rethinkingexistentialism\/?page_id=108"},"modified":"2019-01-25T16:09:24","modified_gmt":"2019-01-25T16:09:24","slug":"huis-clos","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/rethinkingexistentialism\/huis-clos\/","title":{"rendered":"Huis Clos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-165\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/rethinkingexistentialism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/240\/2015\/01\/NoWayOut-KelvinPlayersFlyer-small.jpg\" alt=\"flyer for Kelvin Players October 2013 production of Huis Clos\" width=\"298\" height=\"423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/rethinkingexistentialism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/240\/2015\/01\/NoWayOut-KelvinPlayersFlyer-small.jpg 298w, https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/rethinkingexistentialism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/240\/2015\/01\/NoWayOut-KelvinPlayersFlyer-small-211x300.jpg 211w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/>Sartre&#8217;s play <em>Huis Clos<\/em> (or <em>No Exit<\/em> or <em>In Camera<\/em>) is one of the best known works of existentialism.<\/p>\n<p>My 2011 article &#8216;There Is Something About Inez&#8217; sketched a new interpretation of the play, which influenced a couple of major productions. Chapter 7 of <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/rethinkingexistentialism\/\">the book <em>Rethinking Existentialism<\/em><\/a> offers a revised and more sophisticated version of this interpretation, partly in light of these recent productions.<\/p>\n<p>I would like to hear from people who have produced, directed, or acted in this play, or who are working towards a new production.<\/p>\n<p>Some thoughts on the play can be found in the documents below. To respond to these, please comment on <a title=\"link to comments thread on Huis Clos\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/rethinkingexistentialism\/?p=177\">the Huis Clos thread<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you are working towards a new production and would like to discuss the play, please email me via <a title=\"link to Jonathan Webber's personal website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jonathanwebber.co.uk\/\">my personal website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>There Is Something About Inez<\/strong>. <em>Think<\/em> vol. 10, Spring 2011. <a title=\"link to manuscript PDF of my article 'There Is Something About Inez'\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jonathanwebber.co.uk\/articles\/ThereIsSomethingAboutInez.pdf\">Manuscript PDF<\/a>. <a title=\"link to Cambridge University Press page for my article 'There Is Something About Inez'\" href=\"http:\/\/journals.cambridge.org\/action\/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&amp;aid=7950450&amp;fileId=S1477175610000345\">Publication version<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sartre and Huis Clos<\/strong>. Programme notes for Donmar Warehouse production, January 2012.<br \/>\n<a title=\"link to manuscript PDF of my programme notes for the Donmar Warehouse production of Huis Clos, January 2012\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/rethinkingexistentialism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/240\/2015\/01\/HuisClos-DonmarProgrammeNote-Webber.pdf\">Manuscript PDF<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Huis Clos on Whitehall<\/strong>. Article at New Statesman website, January 2012. <a title=\"link to my New Statesman blog on Huis Clos being produced on Whitehall\" href=\"http:\/\/www.newstatesman.com\/blogs\/cultural-capital\/2012\/01\/sartre-play-public-characters\">Original post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>No Way Out<\/strong>: Ralf Tognieri&#8217;s Director&#8217;s Notes for Kelvin Players production, October 2013. <a title=\"link to Ralf Tognieri's Director's Notes in programme of No Way Out, Kelvin Players, October 2013\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/rethinkingexistentialism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/240\/2015\/01\/NoWayOut-TognierisDirectorsNotes.pdf\">Programme scan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>My short talk about the play:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/88zoAunZFeA\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/88zoAunZFeA<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sartre's play Huis Clos (or No Exit or In Camera) is one of the best known works of existentialism. 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