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'An Inspector Calls'. By J B Priestly.

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travelsafar Sun 13-Dec-20 09:37:40

I found this on Virgin catch up yesterday. Set in 1912 at a dinner party. Very cleverly done i felt, i throughly enjoyed it even though the subject matter was very sad. It had obviously been on TV at some point but i had missed first time around.

EllanVannin Sun 13-Dec-20 09:44:54

I saw the film not long ago and enjoyed it as well.

lemongrove Sun 13-Dec-20 09:46:25

Read this as a teenager, a good moralistic and clever piece of writing by Priestley. It was a play in the West End for ages, and is still done regularly by Am Dram societies.

M0nica Sun 13-Dec-20 09:46:48

It is a fantastic play, the way it builds up inexorably from its start to its final denouement.

FannyCornforth Sun 13-Dec-20 09:48:56

I've heard it on Radio 4 a few times.
Yes, it's a brilliant play.
It's an A level set text.

V3ra Sun 13-Dec-20 10:13:07

I studied it at school, though I can't say I remember it in any detail.
I'd probably enjoy it more now!

FannyCornforth Sun 13-Dec-20 10:13:51

Apologies, it's a GCSE text, not A level.
I bought the old film version a while ago. Alistair Sim is Inspector Goole.

Grandmabatty Sun 13-Dec-20 20:05:19

I used to teach it. I like the Alastair Sim version and find him very creepy. However the version with David thewlis is really good too.

Nezumi65 Sun 13-Dec-20 21:23:51

My son was in the Stephen Daldry production as a ten year old. (The Stephen Daley version has 3 kids in). He loved it - introduced him to his future career. It tours quite a lot because as a GCSE text it plays to full theatres.

It has an amazing set that sort of collapses at the end. www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/lets-talk-about-sets-iain-gillie-an-inspector-calls_42222.html

Floradora9 Mon 14-Dec-20 11:45:13

We watched it on TV recently . It was so good despite knowing what was to happen .