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It's the annual Birling day, where MJN flies the wealthy Mr Birling to a Six Nations rugby match. Martin resents Birling's pompous ways and doesn't understand why Douglas and Arthur toady to him so much until he realizes that Birling gives huge tips to people he likes (as much as £6,000 when his team wins).
Douglas is quick-witted and forever scheming — a running joke being his cunning thefts of the prized 25-year-old Talisker single-malt whisky from Mr Birling — something of a smooth operator who knows all of the dodges available to airline officers, and enjoys taking part in all of them to greatly supplement his meagre income from MJN. He is ...
Sheila Birling is the daughter of Arthur and Sybil Birling, and the older sister of Eric. Sheila begins as a naive and self-centred young woman, but becomes the most sympathetic member of the group over the course of the play, revealing insecurity about her appearance, showing remorse for her part in Eva's downfall, and encouraging her family ...
Birling family, in An Inspector Calls; See also. Birlingham, Worcestershire This page was last edited on 24 July 2021, at 13:56 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
Sarah Berger as Sheila Birling David Sibley as Eric Birling Simon Ward as Gerald Croft Nigel Davenport as Arthur Birling Margaret Tyzack as Sybil Birling Jean Leppard as Edna: Country of origin: United Kingdom: Original language: English: No. of episodes: 3: Production; Producer: Ronald Smedley: Editor: Ian Williams: Running time: 80 minutes ...
Farmer Palmer – a paranoid, money-grabbing farmer with an inbred son and daughter (who go on to marry each other) whose catch phrase is "Get orf moi laaaand!". He frequently berates and physically threatens (usually with a double-barrelled shotgun) innocent members of the public for encroaching on his property, yet he hypocritically treats the countryside with complete disdain.
Before the start of the first take, Lennon sings the words "For the benefit of Mr. Kite!" in a joke accent, then Emerick announces, "For the Benefit of Mr. Kite! This is take 1." Lennon immediately responds, "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!", reinforcing his title preference from a phrase lifted intact from the original Pablo Fanque poster.
Graham's original cartoon "Take me to your leader" is a science-fiction cartoon catchphrase, said by an extraterrestrial alien who has just landed on Earth in a spacecraft to the first human they happen to meet.