This collection brings together four of Sartre's plays. The title piece, No Exit, places three strangers in a closed room and lets their conversation reveal who they are and how they judge one another. The other plays include The Flies, a retelling of a Greek myth about freedom and guilt, Dirty Hands, a story of political choice, and The Respectful Prostitute, which deals with prejudice and pressure in the American South. Together they show Sartre's gift for turning philosophical questions into sharp, compact theatre.