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An Inspector Calls is a modern morality play and drawing room play written by English dramatist J. B. Priestley, first performed in the Soviet Union in 1945 [1] [2] and at the New Theatre in London the following year. [3] It is one of Priestley's best-known works for the stage and is considered to be one of the classics of mid-20th century ...
An Inspector Calls (USSR 1945, UK 1946), the most famous of them, where a family undergoes a police investigation into a suicide in which they are revealed to be progressively more entangled. Of all the theories of time employed in the plays, Priestley professed to take only one seriously: that of J. W. Dunne as expounded in his book An ...
His best-known play is An Inspector Calls (1945). His plays are more varied in tone than the novels, several being influenced by J. W. Dunne's theory of time, which plays a part in the plots of Dangerous Corner (1932) and Time and the Conways.
An Inspector Calls is a 2015 British thriller television film written by Helen Edmundson, based on the 1945 J. B. Priestley play of the same name.It is directed by Aisling Walsh, [2] produced by Howard Ella [3] and stars David Thewlis [4] [5] as the titular character.
An Inspector Calls: Eric Birling Cyrano De Bergerac: De Guiche 1947 The Alchemist: Abel Drugger Richard II: Richard II: Start of a season with the Old Vic Company at the New Theatre. September 1947 – May 1948. Saint Joan: The Dauphin 1948 The Government Inspector: Khlestakov Coriolanus: Menenius Agrippa Twelfth Night -
An Inspector Calls is a 1954 British drama film directed by Guy Hamilton and starring Alastair Sim, Jane Wenham and Eileen Moore. It is based upon the 1945 play An Inspector Calls by J.B. Priestley and was adapted for the screen by Desmond Davis. It was shot at Shepperton Studios with sets designed by the art director Joseph Bato.
In 1982, the BBC broadcast a made-for-television adaptation of An Inspector Calls based on the 1945 J. B. Priestley play of the same title and directed by Michael Simpson. [1] It starred Bernard Hepton as Inspector Goole, with the younger Birlings played by Sarah Berger, and David Sibley as Eric. [2]
An Inspector Calls is a 1945 play by J. B. Priestley. An Inspector Calls may also refer to: An Inspector Calls, directed by Guy Hamilton; An Inspector Calls, directed by Michael Simpson; An Inspector Calls (2015 Hong Kong film), Hong Kong black comedy film directed by Raymond Wong and Herman Yau