J.B. Priestley wrote 'An inspector calls' in 1912. J.B. Priestley was born on 13th September 1894 in Bradford, Yorkshire. His mother died after she gave birth to him. His father was a schoolmaster and he got married again four years after his wife ha died. At the age of 16 Priestley belie...

Explore Eva Smith's encounters with each of the members of the Birling family and Gerald. Show how J. B. Priestley uses these encounters to expose society's attitudes to working class girls like Eva. In 'An Inspector Calls', J. B. Priestley reveals the flaws of society and...

Review of "An Inspector Calls" Written by J B Priestly An Inspector Calls is set several years before the start of World War 1, in 1912. It is set in the fictional North Midlands industrial city of Brumley. At the time of the play society was strongly capitalist, and the world was divide...

Why did J.B. Priestley write An Inspector Calls? • He wrote it when the second world war was just over, and was probably trying to make people see that a socialist government would work. • He wrote it to voice his socialist views. • He is writing in a very critical way about the cl...

To the casual reader, the play An Inspector Calls may appear to be just like any other typical dramatic mystery, but when examined in the context of the time and the beliefs and motivations of the author, it actually serves as a message for social change. Priestley's goal in the play is to ens...

Before the 1976 election, "Nixon's successors attempted to restore the nation's lost faith in government" (as cited in Britten, and Mathless, 1998, p.46). Ford's efforts to tame inflation without plunging the economy into recession failed. Society needed a noble, honest...

An Inspector Calls, by John Boynton Priestley Year 10 – Drama GCSE – Theatre Review of An Inspector Calls On the 13th of February 2003, I went to see a production of An Inspector Calls by John Boynton Priestley at Stoke on Trent theatre. I thought the choices that the director mad...