Essays On Play

J.B Priestley wrote ‘An Inspector Calls’ in 1945. The play is set in 1912, in an Edwardian dining room, before the World Wars, when social class was more important in England. We went to see a modern production at Coventry’s Belgrade Theatre. It is a morality play that focuses on how a person’s actions over […]

In this essay I intend to find out who is most to blame for the death of Eva Smith alias Daisy Renton. There are five main characters and each one of them is to blame for Eva Smith’s misfortunes. Firstly we have Mr A. Birling who sacked Eva because she asked for more pay and […]

The Inspector’s arrival at the Birling household comes as an unwelcome surprise to the family. He arrives as the Birlings are celebrating an engagement; Sheila Birling and Gerald Croft of Crofts limited are to be married. The Birlings and Gerald have just finished a grand celebratory dinner and are in high spirits when Edna, the […]

J. B. Priestley wrote ‘An Inspector Calls’ in 1945. Although it is set in 1912, the play falls under the genre of a detective mystery. It revolves around the investigation of the apparent suicide of Eva Smith. The plot of the play gradually takes on the characteristics of a detective mystery as each member of […]

‘An Inspector Calls’ is set in 1912, but was written by J. B Priestly in 1945. In the play, the Titanic is a week away from it’s maiden voyage – when it hit an iceberg and sank. Mr Birling, the head of the household, says that: “The Titanic. .. sails next week.. . unsinkable, absolutely […]

The play ‘An Inspector Calls’ is set an evening spring in 1912. The key characters in the play include the Birlings and Gerald Croft. They are gathered together on this evening to celebrate Sheila Birling and Gerald Croft’s engagement. Overall there is a cosy and warm mood, and a very relaxing atmosphere. There is a […]

The end of Act 2 is full with suspense and tension as all the clues that have been dropped finally come to sense to the audience. Although it is not mentioned, Priestley makes it clear that the inspector knew that Eric Birling was the father of Eva Smith’s child and had wanted for Ms Birling […]

Charles, I hope this message finds you in good health. Due to the war, we haven’t had a chance to catch up for quite some time. Despite the two years that have passed since the end of the war, I am deeply disappointed with the present condition of our country. In this letter, I aim […]

The play ‘An Inspector Calls’ was written by J. B Priestly in 1945 although it is set in 1912. This is interesting because it was written after WWII but was set post – WWI because of J. B Priestley’s message and warning of war which is presented as one of the functions of the Inspector! […]

‘An inspector calls’ is a morality play written by the author JB Priestly set in 1912, but was actually written in 1944. The whole idea behind the play was to convey a moral message to the audience. The play was set in 1912, as society was extremely different at the time Priestly wrote the play. […]

The name of the play is ‘An Inspector Calls’ and was written in by J.B. Priestley. It was written in 1945 but set in 1912, the reason for this is that World War I was ending, there were worker strikes, the sinking of the Titanic and there was class difference. Other reason for why it […]

“An Inspector Calls” is a theatrical production authored by J. B Priestley, a socialist who had experienced hardship and underpayment himself, believed that the world needed to transform after the Second World War. The play he wrote is set in 1912 and centers around a wealthy family being investigated by a enigmatic Inspector regarding the […]

How the genre of drama is selected is due to the story line; the plot of the entire play is very dramatic in some ways, e.g. the way Eva Smith died, and some of the language the inspector uses and how he uses it to explain and describe things and the way a lot of […]

My essay will explore various aspects of the inspector’s role in “An Inspector Calls,” such as historical context, character interactions, audience reception, and other related factors. Priestly was born into a middle-class family in Bradford during a period in which Britain saw a rise in outdoor paupers, surpassing numbers not seen since 1888. In fact, […]

The play was written at the end of the Second World War. However, it was set in 1912. Priestley expresses his own views about society of 1912 through the characters. During these pre-world War 1 years, there was a divide between the rich and poor. Attitudes such as the poor’s struggle to work and survive; […]

J. B Priestly started to write in 1911; his plays usually exposed a hidden message or moral. One of the two, this was used to get his message across. He had an immense amount of courage, as he was not at all afraid to speak his mind; he enjoyed and got a thrill from political […]

We are first introduced to Sheila during the conversation at the dinner table in the Birling mansion. She is extremely happy and full of zest for life. After all, she is in the middle of celebrating her engagement to a well-respected gentleman with whom she is madly in love. This is one of the highest […]

John Boynton Priestley (1894-1984, I will refer to him as Priestly after this formal Introduction). He was an English writer, born in Bradford. He served in the infantry during World War I. As a newspaper essayist and critic, he wrote on a variety of subjects and often revealed his opposition to materialism and mechanization in […]

An Inspector Calls was written in 1944 by J. B Priestley an established and well-acclaimed playwright from Yorkshire. The play is set in a fictitious industrial town called Brumley, in the Midlands in 1912. While An Inspector Calls proved to be popular with its audiences, it was written like most plays with a purpose and […]

In J. B. Priestly’s ‘An Inspector Calls’, the Inspector of the title plays an essential role. From his unexpected entrance in Act 1, the Inspector single-handedly creates an atmosphere of intrigue and tension climaxing with his dramatic departure in Act 3. By using his speech, aggression and authority the inspector manages to exploit each of […]

‘An Inspector Calls’ begins with the Birlings and Gerald Croft celebrating when they are interrupted by a call from an Inspector. The Inspector tells them about a girl who has committed suicide earlier on that evening. In turn, he questions the Birlings and Gerald for playing a part in her death. After the Inspector leaves […]

Upon initial inspection, it may seem that “An Inspector Calls” revolves around a typical Edwardian bourgeois household and the mystery of whodunit; however, a more thorough analysis reveals Priestley’s intention for the work to function as a parable through which he can project his political opinions to others. Before his current broadcast, Priestley had previous […]