An Inspector Calls By JB Priestley - Context

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Context on the play An Inspector Calls by JB Priestly for the new 9-1 GCSE exams: DRAMA and ENGLISH LITERATURE
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An Inspector Calls By JB Priestley - Context
  1. Was written in 1945
    1. Set in 1912
      1. First performed in September 1945 in Moscow and Leningrad as a suitable theatre couldn't be found in the UK.
        1. Priestley wrote the play in one week and all the UK theatres had been booked for the season.
          1. Was first performed in the UK in 1946 in the New Theatre in London.
      2. Priestley is a British novelist, play-writer, script-writer, broadcaster and social commentator
        1. Priestley was a socialist which is shown through the character of the Inspector who acts as a proxy for Priestley's views
          1. His socialist views contrast with Mr Birling's Capitalist views.
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