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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › An_Inspector_CallsAn Inspector Calls - Wikipedia

    An Inspector Calls was first performed in 1945 in two Russian theatres (Moscow's Kamerny Theatre and Leningrad's Comedy Theatre), as a suitable British venue could not be found. [9][10] Priestley had written the play in a single week and all Britain's theatres had already been booked for the season. [11]

    • J. B. Priestley
    • 1945

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  3. www.bbc.co.uk › bitesize › guidesThe world of the play The contexts of An Inspector Calls - BBC

    JB Priestley’s play, An Inspector Calls is set in 1912 but written in 1945. We need to remember that the play is set before both world wars and at a time when the British Empire was still a...

  4. jbpriestleysociety.com › works › an-inspector-callsAn Inspector Calls - JB Priestley Society

    Priestley wrote An Inspector Calls at top speed during the last winter of the Second World War, 1944-5. Victory was now inevitable, but the climactic events of 1945 – the death of Hitler, the A-bomb, Labour’s landslide election victory – were still in the future.

  5. www.sparknotes.com › drama › an-inspector-callsAn Inspector Calls J. B. Priestley Biography & Background on ...

    Today, Priestley’s notoriety derives from his writing for the theater. An Inspector Calls, the play with which he is most commonly associated, opened in the Soviet Union in Russian translation after the Second World War, and in London soon after.

  6. revisionworld.com › level-revision › englishHistorical Context (An Inspector Calls) | Revision World

    An Inspector Calls by J.B. Priestley was written in 1945 and first performed in 1946, but it is set in 1912, two years before the outbreak of World War I. Understanding the historical context of the play is crucial for interpreting its themes and messages.

  7. www.bbc.co.uk › bitesize › topicsAn Inspector Calls - GCSE English Literature - BBC Bitesize

    An Inspector Calls by J B Priestley centres on Inspector Goole’s interrogation of the Birling family, following the death of a young girl called Eva Smith. Are they to blame? Plot summary...

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  9. www.yorknotes.com › gcse › english-literatureContexts J. B. Priestley An Inspector Calls (Grades 9–1)

    1934 He writes English Journey, which depicts the poor in England during the economic depression. 1939–45 He makes regular wartime broadcasts for the BBC. 1945 He writes An Inspector Calls, the most famous of his plays.

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