Discuss Sartre's concept of the Theatre of Situations with reference to Huis Clos

Essay from the year 2001 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: A, Staffordshire University, course: 20C French Drama, 16 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: Jean-Paul Sartre created a new dramatic concept called the Theatre of Situations which is based on his philosophical work L'Etre et le Néant written in 1943. His existentialism deeply influenced society and intellectuals in particular. According to his specific point of view, man now was only determined by the decisions and actions he makes and nothing else. However, Sartre's concept of the Theatre of Situations that the angst, which marked the twentieth century, was only faced up with nineteenth century tools. A circumstance which his drama Huis Clos, written in 1943, clearly shows.