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Full-Length Play, Drama / 3w, 4m
J.B. Priestley
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)
Winner! 1993 Olivier Award for Best Revival Winner! 1994 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play Winner! 1994 Drama Desk Award for Best Revival of a Play
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.
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 then premiered at the Opera House in Manchester on 9 March 1946 and subsequently at the New Theatre in London on 1 October 1946.
M4 (25, 30, 50s) F3 (20s, 50)
INSPECTOR GOOLE – A mysterious interrogator SHEILA BIRLING – Eldest child of the Birling family ERIC BIRLING – Younger son of the Birling family ARTHUR BIRLING – Husband of Sybil, father of Sheila and Eric SYBIL BIRLING – Wife of Arthur, mother of Sheila and Eric GERALD CROFT – The son of Sir George Croft of Crofts Limited, a competitor of Birling and Company, engaged to Sheila EDNA – Maid at the Birling household
“Thrilling and pertinent theatre.” – The Guardian
“For all its Edwardian setting and its mid-twentieth-century no-exit philosophy, An Inspector Calls speaks with ease to our own times, bedeviled with ‘alternate facts’ and ethical doubts.” – The Arts Fuse
“A staple of English Literature GCSE; we’ve all grown up knowing the twists and turns of J.B Priestley’s classic play… emphasises the themes of society, class, gender and generational divide.” – Get the Chance
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