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An Inspector Calls By JB Priestley - Context
- Was written in 1945
- Set in 1912
- First performed in
September 1945 in
Moscow and Leningrad as
a suitable theatre couldn't
be found in the UK.
- Priestley wrote the play
in one week and all the
UK theatres had been
booked for the season.
- Was first performed in the UK
in 1946 in the New Theatre in
London.
- Priestley is a British novelist, play-writer, script-writer, broadcaster and
social commentator
- Priestley was a socialist which is
shown through the character of
the Inspector who acts as a
proxy for Priestley's views
- His socialist views
contrast with Mr Birling's
Capitalist views.
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