An Inspector Calls by J.B. Priestley

An Inspector Calls by J.B. Priestley

An Inspector Calls was written in 1945 and was set in 1912 in a house

owned by a high class family and is about what they have done wrong.

The play was by J.B Priestly.

The time that the play was set was set in is important, as world war

one was going to start in a few years and the Titanic was just about

to set sail.

In the play Mr Birling says that we will never go to war with Germany.

"The Germans don't want war. Nobody wants war", and he also says that

the titanic is unsinkable "Why, a friend of mine went over this new

liner last week - the Titanic - she sails next week - forty-six

thousand eight hundred tonnes - New York in five days - and ever

luxury - and unsinkable.", he is wrong about both of these.

J.B Priestly was born in Bradford, Yorkshire on 13th September 1894 he

was a playwright. Before becoming a playwright he wrote two novels.

His first novel was the bestselling The Good Companions (1929) and his

second novel was Angel Pavement (1930).

In 1932 he wrote his first play called Dangerous Corner and he also

wrote several other plays before An Inspector Calls.

Priestley's last play was A Severed Head (1963)

Priestley was into politics, he speaks a lot of politics in An

Inspector Calls as Mr Birling speaks of socialism.

J.B Priestley died in1984 aged eighty nine.

I will now write about each of the characters in the order that they

met Eva Smith.

Mr Birling:

Mr Birling is Sheila's and Eric's Father. He is the owner of a

business and he is quite well off, he also was once the mayor of the

town and he mentions that he might be getting a knighted, "there's a

fair chance that I might find my way onto the next Honours List. Just

a knighthood, of course".

Mr Birling thinks that everyone should fend for themselves and not