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Existentialism is a concept that became popular during the
second World War in France, and just after it. French playrights have
often used the stage to express their views, and these views came to
surface even during a Nazi occupation. Bernard Shaw got his play
"Saint Joan" past the German censors because it appeared to be very
Anti-British. French audiences however immediately understood the real
meaning of the play, and replaced the British with the Germans. Those
sorts of "hidden meanings" were common throughout the period so that
plays would be able to pass censorship.

Existentialism proposes that man is full of anxiety and
despair with no meaning in his life, just simply existing, until he
made decisive choice about his own future. That is the way to achieve
dignity as a human being. Existentialists felt that adopting a social
or political cause was one way of giving purpose to a life. Sartre is
well known for the "Theatre engage" or Theatre ...