In Camera

Summary: BBC production of an English translation of Jean-Paul Sartre’s Huis Clos, given under the title In Camera under the Wednesday Play banner.
Theatre play: Huis Clos by Jean-Paul Sartre [more information]
Play synopsis: 'The play is a depiction of the afterlife in which three deceased characters are punished by being locked into a room together for eternity. It is the source of Sartre’s especially famous and often misinterpreted quotation "L’enfer, c’est les autres" or "Hell is other people", a reference to Sartre’s ideas about the look and the perpetual ontological struggle of being caused to see oneself as an object in the world of another consciousness’ (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Exit).
Production history: Huis Clos is a 1944 existentialist French play. The original title is the French equivalent of the legal term ‘in camera’, referring to a private discussion behind closed doors; English translations have also been performed under the titles No Exit, In Camera, No Way Out, Vicious Circle, Behind Closed Doors, and Dead End. The play was first performed at the Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier in May 1944.
Date of transmission: Wednesday 4 November 1964
Time: 9.25-10.50pm
Series: Wednesday Play
Channel: BBC1
Production company: BBC

Director

Philip Saville

Producer

Peter Luke

Playwright

Jean-Paul Sartre

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Title: In Camera (BBC, 1964)
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Title: Jean-Paul Sartre’s No Exit: A BBC Adaptation Starring Harold Pinter (1964) (Blog article)
Author/creator: Josh Jones (Author)
Reference: http://www.openculture.com/2012/09/harold_pinter_stars_in_jean-paul_sartres_no_exit_.html, published 13 September 2012 (accessed 17 December 2015)

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