Work · Jean-Paul Sartre
A Theater of Situations
Articles, lectures and interviews explain choices concerning audiences, characters' freedom and dramatic conflict.
Understanding the text
A collection edited by Michel Contat and Michel Rybalka, not an additional play.
Key points
- 01
Situation
Drama confronts freedoms with decisions whose stakes become visible on stage.
- 02
Audience
Theater involves a collective relationship different from solitary reading.
- 03
Form
A philosophical idea does not automatically become successful dramatic action.
How to read it
Compare a theoretical claim with a scene from Dirty Hands or No Exit.
Editions & sources
Summaries and key points are original editorial interpretations. They accompany reading the work and do not replace an edition of the text. Editorial method ↗