No Exit
(Huis Clos) A PLAY IN ONE ACT CHARACTERS IN THE PLAY VALET GARCIN ESTELLE INEZ Huis Clos (No Exit) was presented for the first time at the Theatre du Vieux-Colombier, Paris, in May 1944. SCENE A drawing-room in Second Empire style. A massive bronze ornament stands on the mantelpiece. GARCIN [enters, accompanied by the ROOM-VALET, and glances around him]: Hm! So here we are? VALET: Yes, Mr. Garcin. GARCIN: And this is what it looks like? VALET. Yes. GARCIN: Second Empire furniture, I observe. . . Well, well, I dare say one gets used to it in time. VALET. Some do. Some don't. GARCIN Are all the other rooms like this one? VALET. How could they be? We cater for all sorts: Chinamen and Indians, for instance. What use would they have for a Second Empire chair? GARCIN: And what use do you suppose I have for one? Do you know who I was?. . . Oh, well, it's no great matter. And, to tell the truth, I had quite a habit o...