The Respectable Prostitute

The Respectful Prostitute (French: La Putain respectueuse) is a French play by Jean-Paul Sartre, written in 1946, which observes a woman, a prostitute, caught up in a racially tense period of American history.

Performance history in South Africa
1957: Presented by the Regent Players in a double bill with Vicious Circle at the Library Theatre in Johannesburg directed by Cecil Williams.

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