Sartre’s Theatre: Acts for Life

The Author: Benedict O’Donohoe read French at Magdalen College, Oxford, where he also took his doctorate for a thesis on Sartre’s theatre. He is a Principal Lecturer and Programme Director at the University of the West of England, Bristol, and currently also Secretary of the UK Society for Sartrean Studies and Reviews Editor of the journal Sartre Studies International. He has published widely on Sartre, and is now planning a volume on the theatre of Albert Camus.

Contents: Sartre's theatre: genesis and reception - Myth-making: Bariona, ou le Fils du tonnerre, Les Mouches, Huis clos - Too much reality: Morts sans sépulture, La Putain respectueuse, Les Mains sales - From Hispano-German melodrama to Anglo-French farce: Le Diable et le bon Dieu, Kean, Nekrassov - Madness and Armageddon: Les Séquestrés d'Altona, Les Troyennes.

«O'Donohoe's book is undeniably a much-needed addition to the field [...]. Not only is O'Donohoe's analysis a welcome contribution to Sartrean studies, this comprehensive and well referenced book, with its clear, accessible commentary, is of particular interest to undergraduate students (both of twentieth-century European drama, and modern French thought and literature in general), and is a crucial text for any university library.» (Helen Tattam, Modern and Contemporary France)
«...this is a useful and interesting book that gives a clear and coherent view of Sartre's writing for the theatre.» (Rosemary Arnoux, New Zealand Journal of French Studies)
«[The book] is a much-needed, well-referenced and informative introduction to Sartre's dramatic output that will appeal to undergraduates and theatre scholars alike.» (Alison Forsyth, Theatre Research International)