The Complete Plays: In Camera (Huis Clos) (1959)

Production Details
Title:
Author:
New Play:

Venue:
Location:
Staging:
In Camera
Jean-Paul Sartre
No

The Library Theatre, Scarborough
Concert Room
Round
Translation:
Original Play:

First performance:
Opening night:
Final performance:
Stuart Gilbert
Huis Clos

28 December 1959
28 December 1959
2 January 1960
Company Details
Director:
Design:

Stage Manager:
Stage Manager:
Stephen Joseph
Stephen Joseph

Ann Hughesdon
Paul Levy
Character
Garcin
The valet
Inez
Estelle
Actor
Barry Boys
William Elmhirst
Dona Martyn
Faynia Jeffery
Notes
○ In Camera (original Huis Clos) was actually first produced in London by Stephen Joseph's company on 3 February 1957, having previously been banned by the Lord Chamberlain's Office. It was at this production - the first UK production of the play - that Alan Ayckbourn saw the company and theatre in the round for the first time.
○ This was a presentation of Stuart Gilbert's adaptation of Sartre's play.
○ In Camera was presented without an interval.
All research for this page by Simon Murgatroyd. Image copyright: Scarborough Theatre Trust