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Stage directions establish the setting and confront questions about punishment and instruments of torture, setting the moral and psychological tone.","AN D  \nBY  \nVintage International Edition,October 1989  \nNOTE:All inquiries regarding professional or amateur performance rightsshould be addressed to LES EDITIONS NAGEL-PARIS,7 Rue de Savoie,Paris  \n6,France.Permission to use for such performances the translations ap-pearing in this volume must be obtained in writing from ALPREDA.KNOPF,INC.,201 East 50th Street,New York,New York 10022.  \nCopyright 1946,1947 by Stuart GilbertCopyright 1948,1949 by Alfred A.Knopf,Inc.Copyright renewed 1974 by Maris Agnes Mathilde GilbertCopyright renewed 1976 by Alfred A.Knopf,Inc.  \nAll rights reserved under International and Pan-American CopyrightConventions.Published in the United States by Vintage Books,a divisionof Random House,Inc.,New York.By arrangement with Alfred A.Knopf,Inc.No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without permissionin writing from the publisher,except by a reviewer who may quote briefpassages in a review to be printed in a magazine or newspaper.  \nNo Exit and The Flies,first published in the United States on February  \n20,1947,by Alfred A.Knopf,Inc.,and in Great Britain under the titleThe Flies and In Camera by Hamish Hamilton,Ltd.,in 1946.The Flies,published in France as Les Mouches,Copyright by Librairie Gallimard,1943,and No Exit as Huis Clos,Copyright by Librairie Gallimard,1945.  \nThe Respectful Prostitute and Dirty Hands were published in the UnitedStates in THREE PLAYS on August 22,1949,by Alfred A.Knopf,Inc.TheRespectful Prostitute was included in ART AND ACTION,published by Twicea Year Press,New York,1948.The Respectful Prostitute,published inFrance as La Putain respectueuse in THEATRE,a collection of four plays,Copyright by Librairie Gallimard,1947,and Dirty Hands as Le MainssalesCopyright by Librairie Gallimard,1948.  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data  \nSartre,Jean Paul,1905-1980  \nNo exit,and three other plays.  \nCONTENTS:No exit (Huis clos)&The flies (Les mouches)translated from theFrench by S.Gilbert.-Dirty hands(Les mains sales)&The respectful prostitute(La putain respectueuse)translated from the French by I.Abel.  \nI.Title.  \n[PQ2637.A82H821973]  842'.9′1472-7484ISBN 0-679-72516-4(pbk.)  \nBook design by Helene Berinsky  \nManufactured in the United States of America  \n1098765  \n—CONTENTS—__     —  \nNO EXIT(Huis Clos)A PLAY IN ONE ACT1  \nTHE FLIES(Les Mouches)  \nA PLAY IN THREE ACTS  \n47  \nDIRTY HANDS(Les Mains sales  \nA PLAY IN SEVEN ACTS  \nTHE RESPECTFUL PROSTITUTELa Putain respectueuse)  \nA PLAY IN ONE ACT AND TWo SCENES  \n# APLAYIN ONE ACT\n\n# CHARACTERS IN THE PLAY\n\n■ ■ ■  \nVALET  \nGARCIN  \nESTELLE  \nINEZ  \nHuis Clos(No Exit)was presented for the first timeat the Théatre du Vieux-Colombier,Paris,in May 1944.  \n# SCENE\n\nA drawing-room in Second Empire style.A massive bronze orna-ment stands on the mantelpiece.  \n■ ■ ■  \nGARCIN [enters,accompanied by the ROOM-VALET,and glances aroundhim]:Hm!So here we are?  \nVALET:Yes,Mr.Garcin.  \nGARCIN:And this is what it looks like?  \nVALET:Yes.  \nGARCIN:Second Empire furniture,I observe....Well,well,Idare say one gets used to it in time.  \nVALET:Some do.Some don't.  \nGARCIN:Are all the other rooms like this one?  \nVALET:How could they be?We cater for all sorts:Chinamenand Indians,for instance.What use would they have for aSecond Empire chair?  \nGARCIN:And what use do you suppose I have for one?Do youknow who I was?...Oh,well,it's no great matter.And,totell the truth,I had quite a habit of living among furniturethat I didn't relish,and in false positions.I'd even come tolike it.A false position in a Louis-Philippe dining-room一you know the style?-well,that had its points,you know.Bogus in bogus,so to speak.  \nVALET:And you'll find that living in a Second Empire drawing-room has its points.  \nGARCIN:Really?...Yes,yes,I dare say....[He takes anotherlook around.]Still,I certainly didn't expect—this!You knowwhat they tell us down there?  \nVALET:What about? 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