Audio
- In 1946, the BBC broadcast a production with Alec Guinness as Garcin, Donald Pleasence as the Valet, Betty Ann Davies as Estelle and Beatrix Lehmann as Inèz, all of whom starred in the first London stage production (see below). The translation was by Margery Gerbain and Joan Swinstead.
- Riverside Records released a 2-LP recording of the Paul Bowles translation in 1961 (RLP 7004/5) with Douglas Watson as Garcin/Cradeau, Nancy Wickwire as Inèz and Betty Field as Estelle.
- In 1968, Caedmon Records released a 2-LP recording of the Paul Bowles translation directed by Howard Sackler (TRS 327), with Donald Pleasence as Garcin/Cradeau, Glenda Jackson as Inèz and Anna Massey as Estelle.
Film
- Huis clos (1954), directed by Jacqueline Audry
- No Exit (1962), directed by Tad Danielewski
Television
- In 1964 the BBC broadcast "In Camera", an adaptation with Harold Pinter as Garcin broadcast as part of its The Wednesday Play anthology series. It was adapted and directed by Philip Saville.[4]
- In 1985 the BBC broadcast "Vicious Circle", a translation by Frank Hauser directed by Kenneth Ives with Omar Sharif as Garcin, Jeanne Moreau as Ines, Cherie Lunghi as Estelle and Nickolas Grace as the Waiter.[5]
- In a 2019 episode of Mr. Robot, Mr. Robot showed off a "No Exit” book while the main protagonist was trapped in a “honeypot” in a Manhattan apartment.[6]
Theatre
- The play first premiered in Paris, France 1944 at the Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier, starring Gaby Silvia as Estelle, Tania Balachova (who was the ex-wife of director Raymond Rouleau) as Inez, and Michel Vitold as Garcin.[7]
- The first Broadway stage production, using the Paul Bowles translation, ran for three weeks in 1946 at the Biltmore Theatre and starred Claude Dauphin as Garcin, Peter Kass as the Bellboy, Ruth Ford as Estelle and Annabella as Inèz.[8] The production was directed by John Huston.
- The first stage production in London was performed in 1946 under the title Vicious Circle at the Arts Theatre Club and starred Alec Guinness as Garcin, Donald Pleasence as the Valet, Betty Ann Davies as Estelle and Beatrix Lehmann as Inèz.[9] The production was directed by Peter Brook and the translation was by Margery Gerbain and Joan Swinstead.
- A 1953 revival at the Ebony Showcase Theatre in Los Angeles featured James Edwards, Maidie Norman and Juanita Moore and was directed by Roy Budd.[10]
- Robert Mandan starred in an off-Broadway revival in 1956 at Theatre East.[11]
- In 1967, a production starring Raul Julia as Garcin/Cradeau played off-Broadway at the Bouwerie Lane Theatre. It played in repertory with The Little Private World of Arthur Fenwick by John A. Topa.[12]
- In 2018, after raising £4,558 through Kickstarter,[13] a "Snowden"-inspired adaptation premiered at Drill Hall in Edinburgh and the Fringe.
Opera
A one-act chamber opera based on the play was created by composer Andy Vores. The production had its world premiere on April 25, 2008, at the Boston Conservatory’s Zack Theatre.[14] Vores' opera premiered in Chicago in October 2009 by Chicago Opera Vanguard.
Parodies
Talk Show from Hell, a modern parody by Jean-Noel Fenwick, was produced by the Open Fist Theatre in Los Angeles, California, in 2000.[15] Mike Schur has compared his show The Good Place, which involves a demon trying to design a novel type of hell in which the inhabitants create one another's torments, to Sartre's play.[16]
