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An Inspector Calls is a modern morality play written by English dramatist J. B. Priestley, first performed in the Soviet Union in 1945 [1] and at the New Theatre in London the following year. [2] It is one of Priestley's best-known works for the stage and is considered to be one of the classics of mid-20th century English theatre.
- J. B. Priestley
- 1945
Priestley wrote An Inspector Calls at top speed during the last winter of the Second World War, 1944-5. Victory was now inevitable, but the climactic events of 1945 – the death of Hitler, the A-bomb, Labour’s landslide election victory – were still in the future.
Born to a working-class family in Yorkshire, in the north of England, John Priestley, who published under the name J. B. Priestley, wrote plays, novels, biographies, travelogues, and assorted essays, many notable for their political engagement.
Raymond Broderick English – ‘An Inspector Calls’ Assignment. “If men will not learn that lesson, they will be taught it in fire and blood and anguish.”. This is an extremely powerful quotation that the Inspector leaves us with. Without a doubt these words are very true.
His best-known play is An Inspector Calls (1945). His plays are more varied in tone than the novels, several being influenced by J. W. Dunne's theory of time, which plays a part in the plots of Dangerous Corner (1932) and Time and the Conways.
History. Written during the winter of 1944/5, J.B .Priestley’s An Inspector Calls received its West End debut in 1946. Stephen Daldry’s revival of An Inspector Calls first opened at the National Theatre in 1992, with Kenneth Cranham playing the role of Inspector Goole.
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