An Inspector Calls

by J B Priestley

Background

John Priestley, known throughout his youth as Jack, was born on the 13th of September, 1894. He began writing at the tender age of 16 under the name of John Boynton Priestley, when he left school to work in the local wool mill.

From these humble beginnings, his first acknowledged work was a weekly column Round the Hearth signed JBP for the Bradford Pioneer. He published his first book, Chapman of Rhymes in 1918, and went on to become the author, novelist, playwright, essayist, broadcaster, scriptwriter, social commentator and Man of Letters whose career straddles the 20th Century.

He continued to write throughout his lifetime, his final publication produced in 1977, the non fiction piece, Instead of the Trees - A Final Chapter of Autobiography, and received the Order of Merit in the same year. He passed away on the 14th of August, 1984, with more than 110 works of fiction, non fiction and play scripts to his name.

An Inspector Calls was first produced on March 9th 1946 at the Opera House, Manchester and subsequently at the New Theatre, London on October 1st 1946

Performance Details

An Inspector Calls was performed at the Compass Theatre in Ickenham from Tuesday 6th to Saturday 10th of June 2006.