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 made, made the play better, although some of the acting, noise from the audience and having never ever read the play or book before somewhat made the play less exciting to watch.
             The set was very well thought out, with the house dominating the center of the stage representing their lives. When the house was together their lives were lives were normal, when it fell apart it symbolized their lives falling apart. The cobbled street, street lamps and houses in the distance made the set look realistic, it gave the stage a real life feel and made it look livable like a real street. The telephone box added atmosphere to the play, this is because when the play was set this is the sort of style the telephone box would have been like. When the maid outside was doing her normal menial tasks it also made the play much better as instead of our attention just focusing on the main characters in the story. It showed other people continuing with their daily routines, they didn't just stop because the onscreen actors were performing.
             The costume was very well designed and expressed lots of detail, which made the audience know round about the period of the costume. This also therefore showed the upper and lower classes well so I could easily distinguish who was who. The upper class clothes were posh and looked expensive. The lower class clothes were scruffy and looked cheap. With the detective however you could never really tell, as the suit he was wearing was neither really expensive nor really cheap. So to me this portrays him as being middle class.
             The lighting and special effects were very believable, like the rain. At the being of the play the
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