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An Inspector Calls
Full-Length Play, Drama / 3w, 4m
Priestley's classic play of the believable middle-class Yorkshire family
called to account for its moral crimes by the enigmatic Inspector Goole
stands as a metaphor for our own failure to accept our responsibility
to others.
Image: 2019 UK National Tour Production (Tristram Kenton)
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Cast Size
3w, 4m
Details
Summary
Priestley's classic play of the believable middle-class Yorkshire family
called to account for its moral crimes by the enigmatic Inspector Goole
stands as a metaphor for our own failure to accept our responsibility
to others. Stunningly revived by the Royal National Theatre in 1992, the
production transferred to the West End the following year.
History
An Inspector Calls was first performed in 1945 in the USSR in two theatres (Kamerny Theatre in Moscow and Comedy Theatre in Leningrad).
The play had its first British production in 1946 at the New Theatre, London
Keywords
- Time Period 1910s/WWI
- Setting A dining-room.
Media
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Image: 2019 UK National Tour Production (Tristram Kenton)
Image: 2019 UK National Tour Production (Tristram Kenton)
Licensing & Materials
- Minimum Fee: £85 per performance plus VAT when applicable.
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Authors
J.B. Priestley
John Boynton Priestley (1894 - 1984) was born in Bradford, Yorkshire, son of a schoolmaster. He left Belle Vue School at 16 and worked in a wool office, beginning to write in his spare time. He volunteered for the army in 1914 and served throughout the First World War, surviv ...
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