Initially, he appears to be correct and does not think the Birlings have anything to feel ashamed of or worry about. • Characterises Sheila as the only character capable of seeing the truth. • Emphasis on “that” shows her disgust in the working class.“She was very pretty – soft brown hair and big dark eyes.” Gerald (Act 2) • Gerald’s language stresses the contrast between Eva and “women of the town” who he calls “hard-eyed” and “dough-faced”. Goole's questioning reveals that each member of the family had contributed to Eva's despondency and suicide. • Shows Eric drinks too much.“I speak as a hard-headed business man.” (Act 1) • Word choice emphasises lack of feeling. Directed by Michael Simpson, it starred Bernard Hepton as Inspector Goole, Sarah Berger as Sheila Birling, Nigel Davenport as Arthur Birling, Simon Ward as Gerald Croft, Margaret Tyzack as Sybil Birling and David Sibley as Eric Birling. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is … The play also arguably acts as a critique of Victorian-era notions of middle-class philanthropy towards the poor, which is based on presumptions of the charity-givers' social superiority and severe moral judgement towards the "deserving poor". He remains unaffected by the details of the suicide, and his own concerns appear to be avoiding scandal, insisting that Eric account for the company money he stole, and convincing Sheila to reconsider her break with Gerald (so as to secure a promised Croft-Birling merger). An inspector calls: The Ministry of Mundane Mysteries messes with a critic's head This interactive performance-piece-by-phone offers a daily dose of oddness. The mysterious "Inspector Goole" claims to have seen Eva Smith's dead body earlier that day, and to have been given "a duty" to investigate her death and the Birlings' involvement in it. You could argue that the Inspector comes from the future or from some place outside of time to offer the Birlings an opportunity to change – … He took funds from his father's business in order to support her and the child, but she refused the stolen money. Produced and directed by Naomi Capon, it starred John Gregson as Inspector Goole, Heather Sears as Sheila Birling, Nora Swinburne as Sybil Birling, William Russell as Gerald Croft, Edward Chapman as Arthur Birling, Hilda Campbell-Russell as Edna, and Alan Dobie as Eric Birling.[17]. Arthur and Sybil are outraged by Eric's actions, and the evening dissolves into angry recriminations. Her real motivation, Sheila ashamedly confesses, was the jealousy that she felt towards the younger, prettier woman. An Inspector Calls - A fully differentiated revision guide for KS4 students to prepare for Section A of the new specification AQA Literature Paper 2, which includes differentiated activities and resources to support students as they revise for J B Priestley’s An Inspector Calls. A revival of the play by British director Stephen Daldry (produced by PW Productions) opened at the National Theatre's Lyttelton Theatre in September 1992. An Inspector Calls is a play written by English dramatist J. Arthur makes a call to the chief constable, who confirms this. Slideshare uses cookies to improve functionality and performance, and to provide you with relevant advertising. [13], The Stephen Daldry production went on a tour of the UK in 2011 and continued to tour into 2020,[14] with Tom Mannion and Liam Brennan among the actors playing Inspector Goole. Alastair Sim starred as Inspector Goole, renamed "Poole" for the film, with Jane Wenham as Eva Smith (the character not seen in the play), Eileen Moore as Sheila Birling, Arthur Young as Arthur Birling, Brian Worth as Gerald Croft, Olga Lindo as Sybil Birling and Bryan Forbes as Eric Birling. Learn more about the characters that feature in J B Priestley's classic. This film, along with the same literary material, was remade in 2010 in to a film of the same name having a ensemble cast of Shrabonti Malakar, Alakananda Ray, Rudranil Ghosh, Parambrata Chattopadhyay, Dulal Lahiri with Sabyasachi Chakraborty as the investigating officer and Paoli Dam as the deceased girl. She represents a working-class member of the Birling household. Sheila begins as a naive and self-centred young woman, but becomes the most sympathetic member of the Birling family over the course of the play, showing remorse for her part in Eva's downfall and encouraging her family to do the same. 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Running to 105 minutes, it was produced and directed by Harold Clayton, and starred Julien Mitchell as Arthur Birling (reprising his role from the first British stage production), Mary Merrall as Sybil Birling, Joy Shelton as Sheila Birling, Derek Blomfield as Eric Birling, Alastair Bannerman as Gerald Croft, Madeleine Burgess as Edna, and George Hayes as Inspector Goole. An Inspector Calls Questions and Answers. Despite vigorous cross-examination from Goole, she denies any wrongdoing. Long considered part of the repertory of classic drawing-room theatre, the play has also been hailed as a scathing criticism of the hypocrisies of Victorian and Edwardian English society and as an expression of Priestley's socialist political principles. The success of the production since 1992 has led to a critical reappraisal of Priestley as a politically engaged playwright who offered a sustained critique of the hypocrisy of English society. Slideshare uses cookies to improve functionality and performance, and to provide you with relevant advertising. Goole reveals that Gerald then installed Eva as his mistress, becoming "the most important person in her life", before abruptly cutting her off. • Shows pride in his hard-won success.“If you don’t come down hard on these people they’ll soon be asking forthe earth!” • Birling uses exaggeration/ hyperbole to suggest the workers are asking for too much. • Colloquial language set period. After the new wave of social realist theatre in the 1950s and 1960s, the play fell out of fashion, and was dismissed as an example of outdated bourgeois "drawing room" dramas, but became a staple of regional repertory theatre. • By stressing the positive aspects of Eva, it makes her mistreatment seem even more cruel. [28] It starred Toby Jones as Inspector Goole, David Calder as Arthur Birling, Frances Barber as Sybil Birling and Morven Christie as Sheila Birling. At the mention of Eva's alias "Daisy Renton", Gerald starts. A 1954 film version, An Inspector Calls, was produced in England by Watergate Productions Ltd. Also in attendance are Arthur's wife Sybil and their son Eric (whose drinking problem the family discreetly ignores). A 2004 Hindi film based on the same play, Sau Jhooth Ek Sach (One hundred lies, one truth) starred Mammootty as the Inspector and was also a critical success (a 2010 remake was however panned). Daldry's concept was to reference two eras: the 1945 post-war era, when the play was written, and the ostensible historical setting for the work in pre-war 1912; this emphasised the way the character Goole was observing, and deploring, the Birling family's behaviour from Priestley's own cultural viewpoint. The play is a three-act drama which takes place on a single night in April 1912,[4] focusing on the prosperous upper middle-class Birling family,[5] who live in a comfortable home in the fictional town of Brumley, "an industrial city in the north Midlands". MISTAKES. With his sister, he repents of and accepts responsibility for the way he treated Eva. • Shows a division growing between Sheila and her mother. When the inspector visits the Birling's house she says "an Inspector's called." Monday Matinee presents Angela Baddeley Frank Pettingell. (Key theme)“Girls of that class.” Mrs Birling to the Inspector (Act 2) • Shows Mrs Birling thinks she is socially and morally superior. • Titanic is a metaphor for the family and its privileged position.“We really must stop these silly pretences.” Sheila to Mrs Birling (Act 2) • Sheila understands the Inspector’s message. [6] While no single member of the Birling family is solely responsible for Eva's death, together they function as a hermetic class system that exploits neglected, vulnerable women, with each example of exploitation leading collectively to Eva's social exclusion, despair and suicide. She represents the younger generation's break from the selfish behaviour and capitalist views of its forebears. The production was staged by Cedric Hardwicke. The screenplay was adapted by Desmond Davis and directed by Guy Hamilton. 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. Goole then plays his final card, making Sybil lay the blame at the feet of the "drunken young man" who got Eva pregnant. The production was directed by Rosalyn Ward. Another production opened on 25 October 1995 at the Garrick Theatre and ran for six years until its transfer to the Playhouse Theatre in 2001. • Colloquial language set period. Sybil Birling, "a rather cold woman" of about fifty, is Arthur's wife. platforms, email, telephone calls, online, or from unsolicited/unknown sources. He is the embodiment of self-centred upper classes. Gerald believes that Goole is not a police inspector, that the family may not all be referring to the same woman, and that there may not be a body. • Shows that Sheila understands the need to stop lying. Arthur Birling is described as "a heavy-looking, rather portentous man in his middle fifties". At the Birlings' home in the industrial town of Brumley, Arthur Birling – a wealthy factory owner and local politician – celebrates his daughter Sheila's engagement to a rival magnate's son, Gerald Croft. See our Privacy Policy and User Agreement for details. 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 English theatre. The evening is interrupted by a man calling himself Inspector Goole, who is investigating the suicide of Eva Smith. An Inspector Calls - Key Quotations“You’re squiffy” – Sheila to Eric (Act 1) • Shows Eric/ Sheila’s brother/ sister relationship. Dominant, arrogant, self-centred, and morally blind. Both during and after Goole's visit, the Birlings question his credentials, and a phone call to the local police station reveals there is no one by his name on the force. Adapted by Helen Edmundson and directed by Aisling Walsh for Drama Republic,[19][20][21] it stars David Thewlis as Inspector Goole,[22] Chloe Pirrie as Sheila Birling, Sophie Rundle as Eva Smith/Daisy Renton, Ken Stott as Arthur Birling, Kyle Soller as Gerald Croft, Miranda Richardson as Sybil Birling and Finn Cole as Eric Birling. B. 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The play's success and reputation were boosted by a successful revival by English director Stephen Daldry for the National Theatre in 1992[3] and a tour of the UK in 2011–2012. As Goole leaves he warns that "If men will not learn that lesson, then they will be taught it in fire and blood and anguish" – an allusion to the impending war. You can change your ad preferences anytime. Clipping is a handy way to collect important slides you want to go back to later. The first Broadway production opened at the Booth Theatre on 21 October 1947 and ran until 10 January 1948. In 2015, an 86-minute An Inspector Calls film was screened on BBC One. [26], BBC Radio 4 broadcast a BBC Manchester production on 14 December 1979. In 1973, a Soviet made-for-television film Он пришел (On prishel) was produced, starring Vladimir Etush as Gull (Goole), Irina Kupchenko as Sheila Birling and Oleg Shklovsky as Eric Birling.[18]. If you continue browsing the site, you agree to the use of cookies on this website. [24][25], A second version of Pughe's adaptation was broadcast on the BBC Home Service on 12 November 1960. The first radio production was broadcast on the BBC Home Service on 27 March 1950 in the Contemporary European Theatre series. The An Inspector Calls quotes below are all either spoken by Eric or refer to Eric. An Inspector Calls is a play written by English dramatist J. Goole produces a photograph of Eva and shows it to Arthur, who acknowledges that she worked in one of his mills. Originally produced by the National Theatre The play ends with a telephone call, taken by Arthur, who reports that a young woman has died (a suspected case of suicide), and that the police are on their way to question them. The first television version was shown on live BBC Television on 4 May 1948, with a second live performance three days later. Adapted by Cynthia Pughe and produced by McWhinnie, it starred Frank Pettingell as Arthur Birling, Gladys Young as Sybil Birling, Angela Baddeley as Sheila Birling, David Enders as Eric Birling, Alastair Duncan as Gerald Croft, Dorothy Smith as Edna, and Richard Williams as Inspector Goole. He seems to be familiar with every detail of the case already, interrogating the family solely to reveal their guilt rather than to discover unknown information. ‘AN INSPECTOR CALLS’ IS ONE OF PRIESTLEY’S ‘TIME PLAYS’ PLAYS THAT ARE – INTERESTED IN HOW TIME WORKS. A second BBC Television version was screened on 19 February 1961 as part of the Sunday Night Play series. [23] This was followed by a BBC Light Programme production on 10 June 1953. [9] The play had its first British production in 1946 at the New Theatre in London with Ralph Richardson as Inspector Goole, Harry Andrews as Gerald Croft, Margaret Leighton as Sheila Birling, Julien Mitchell as Arthur Birling, Marian Spencer as Sybil Birling and Alec Guinness as Eric Birling. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each … Arthur and Sybil are horrified, and Sheila returns her engagement ring. The play was produced and performed at the Ferdowsi Theatre in Iran in late 1940s based on the translation by Bozorg Alavi. It was repeated on primetime BBC1 in three episodes between 17 and 31 August 1982, and as a single 85-minute version on 2 September 1984. He is distanced from the rest of the family and feels he cannot talk to them about his problems. He represents the capitalist ruling class, repeatedly describing himself with pride as a "hard-headed businessman", and is arguably the main subject of Priestley's social critique. A 2015 Hong Kong film reinterpreted the story as a black comedy, adding slapstick elements. A Broadway transfer of the production starring Philip Bosco opened at the Royale Theatre (now the Bernard Jacobs Theatre) on 27 April 1994 and played 454 performances. Goole's true identity is left unexplained, but it is clear that the family's confessions over the course of the evening have all been true, and that public disgrace will soon befall them. He reminds the Birlings that actions have consequences and that all people are intertwined in one society. Gerald's revealed affair with Eva puts an end to the relationship, though Sheila commends him for his truthfulness and for his initial compassion towards the girl. Gerald returns, telling the family that there may be no "Inspector Goole" on the police force. A full-cast unabridged audio adaptation and analysis was released on audio CD and MP3-CD in the United Kingdom by SmartPass in 2004 as part of their Audio Education Study Guides series. The son of Sir George and Lady Croft of Crofts Limited, a competitor of Birling and Company, he is at the Birling residence to celebrate his recent engagement to Sheila. • Almost as though the poor are by definition squalid and worthless. A selection of scenes from the play were broadcast in the ITV series Conflict on 15 May 1967. After prompting from Goole, Sheila admits to recognising Eva too – she had contrived to have her fired from her job in a local department store over an imaginary slight. In Goole's final speech, Eva Smith is referred to as a representative for millions of other vulnerable working-class people, and can be read as a call to action for English society to take more responsibility for working-class people, prefiguring the development of the post-World War II welfare state. Her diary, the Inspector explains, named members of the Birling family. The production is often credited with single-handedly rediscovering Priestley's works and "rescuing" him from the reputation of being obsolete and class-bound, although the production had some detractors, including Sheridan Morley[12] who regarded it as a gimmicky travesty of the author's patent intentions. Many critics and audiences have interpreted Goole's role as that of an "avenging angel" because of his supernatural omniscience and all-knowing final warning, and even because of his name, which is a homophone for the word "ghoul". The An Inspector Calls quotes below all refer to the symbol of Eva Smith. By the play's end her social conscience has been awakened and she has a new awareness of her responsibilities to others. Learning from a second call to the infirmary that no recent cases of suicide have been reported, the family surmise that the Inspector was a fraud and that his story was fictitious. • Shows Eric drinks too much.“I speak as a hard-headed business man.” (Act 1) • Word choice emphasises lack of feeling. See our User Agreement and Privacy Policy. [7][8] Priestley had written the play in a single week and all Britain's theatres had already been booked for the season. The film went on to be a huge commercial hit at and is generally regarded as one of the era's best Bengali films. B. Priestley, first performed in the Soviet Union in 1945 and at the New Theatre in London the following year. She is asked to stay up late during the play by Mrs Birling to make tea for the Birling family. It has been read as a parable about the destruction of Victorian social values and the disintegration of pre-World War I English society, and Goole's final speech has been interpreted variously as a quasi-Christian vision of hell and judgement, and as a socialist manifesto. The struggle between the embattled patriarch Arthur Birling and Inspector Goole has been interpreted by many critics as a symbolic confrontation between capitalism and socialism, and arguably demonstrates Priestley's socialist political criticism of the perceived-selfishness and moral hypocrisy of middle-class capitalist society in 1950s Britain. The romantic idea of gentlemanly chivalry towards "fallen women" is also debunked as being based on male lust and sexual exploitation of the weak by the powerful. • Arrogance of the wealthy – they think their wealth will last forever. Tom Baker played Inspector Goole in a 1987 production directed by Peter Dews and designed by Daphne Dare that opened at Theatr Clwyd on 14 April then transferred to London's Westminster Theatre on 13 May 1987. She derides women like Eva as immoral, dishonest, and greedy. Produced by Alfred Bradley and directed by Geoffrey Ost, it starred the Sheffield Repertory Company: George Waring as Arthur Birling, Ann Woodward as Sybil Birling, Jeanne Davies as Sheila Birling, Keith Barron as Eric Birling, Patrick Stewart as Gerald Croft, Geraldine Gwyther as Edna, and John Pickles as Inspector Goole. 1. Marketers offering to sell or ship doses of the vaccine for payment. Eric is presented as a "Jack-the-Lad" character with a drinking habit, which led to his raping Eva and getting her pregnant. Goole comes to Sybil next, whom he identifies as the head of a women's charity which the pregnant and destitute Eva turned to for help. A second 90-minute BBC Radio adaptation was transmitted on BBC Radio 4 on 29 May 2010 in the Saturday Play slot. • Wants to make the workers’ demands seem unreasonable.“Unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable.” Mr Birling (Act 1) • Dramatic irony – audience knows something the characters don’t. Produced by Associated Television, the 25-minute programme was directed by George More O'Ferrall, and starred Reginald Marsh as Arthur Birling, Julian Curry as Eric, Margo Andrew as Sheila, Pauline Winter as Mrs Birling, Stuart Saunders as Inspector Goole, Michael Graham as Gerald Croft, and Ann Dimitri as Edna. Following dinner, Arthur lectures them on the importance of self-reliance and looking after one's own, and talks of the bright future that awaits them (which, he hopes, will include a place for himself on the honours list). [2] 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 English theatre. An Inspector Calls - Key Quotations“You’re squiffy” – Sheila to Eric (Act 1) • Shows Eric/ Sheila’s brother/ sister relationship. [15] The production returned to the Playhouse in London's West End in November 2016, with Liam Brennan in the name part.[11]. By Catey Sullivan @CateySullivan He admits that he dismissed her from Birling and Co. some two years ago for her involvement in an abortive workers' strike, but denies responsibility for her death. Sybil, however, convinced the committee to deny her application for financial aid. Another followed in 1979, Инспектор Гулл (Inspector Gooll), starring Juozas Budraitis as Gull (Goole), Vladimir Zeldin as Arthur Birling and Ivars Kalniņš as Gerald Croft. In 2018, a film adaptation directed by Jason Farries and Leona Clarke was released.[16]. • Shows Mr Birling is hard-hearted. Following several successful revivals (including Stephen Daldry's 1992 production for the National Theatre), the play was "rediscovered" and hailed as a damning social criticism of capitalism and middle-class hypocrisy in the manner of the social realist dramas of Shaw and Ibsen. An Inspector Calls profiles: Characters. [4] The family is visited by a man calling himself Inspector Goole, who questions the family about the suicide of a young working-class woman in her mid-twenties. This article is about the play. We use your LinkedIn profile and activity data to personalize ads and to show you more relevant ads. Helping with inquiries … Liam Brennan as Inspector Goole – with Clive Francis, Hamish Riddle and Matthew Douglas – in An Inspector Calls at Playhouse Theatre, London. The character of Inspector Goole was played by the Bengali matinee idol Uttam Kumar, the character being renamed "Sub-Inspector Tinkari Halder". On 14 July 2007 BBC Radio 7 broadcast an adaptation by John Foley originally aired on the BBC World Service, starring Bob Peck as Inspector Goole, John Woodvine as Arthur Birling and Maggie Steed as Sybil Birling. Looks like you’ve clipped this slide to already. The Question and Answer section for An Inspector Calls is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel. [10][11] It won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival of a Play, and was widely praised for making the work involving and politically relevant for a modern audience. Arthur Birling is an arrogant and dismissive character used by Priestley as a dramatic vehicle to criticise capitalism, the arrogance of the upper classes and the ignorance of the elder generations. Highly successful after its first and subsequent London productions, the play is now considered one of Priestley's greatest works, and has been subject to a variety of critical interpretations. Stephen Daldry's award-laden West End and Broadway production of J.B Priestley's classic thriller. As the leader of a charitable organisation, she assumes a social and moral superiority over Inspector Goole, whose questioning style she frequently refers to as "impertinent" and "offensive". If you continue browsing the site, you agree to the use of cookies on this website. The cast included Pauline Jameson as Sybil Birling, Peter Baldwin as Arthur Birling, Charlotte Attenborough as Sheila Birling, Simon Shepherd as Gerald Croft and Adam Godley as Eric Birling. He seems excited at the prospect of unmasking the "false" Inspector and seems almost desperate for others to believe him. The play is studied in many British schools as one of the prescribed texts for the English Literature General Certificate. In 1965, An Inspector Calls was adapted into a Bengali film entitled Thana Theke Aschhi, based on a Bengali version of the original play. Directed by Alfred Bradley, it starred Ronald Baddilet as Arthur Birling, Derrick Gilbert as Gerald Croft, Ann Rye as Sybil Birling, Barbara Flynn as Sheila Birling, Christian Rodska as Eric Birling, Teresa Moore as Edna, Geoffrey Banks as Inspector Goole.[27]. It is suggested in the final scene that a quite real investigation will follow Goole's, and his purpose has been to warn the family in advance and encourage them to accept responsibility for their wrongdoing. He admits to having met a woman by that name in the Palace Bar, and to having given her money and arranged to see her again. His stubbornness is shown when refusing responsibility for Eva's death; he fired her in order to quell dissent among his workforce and keep labour costs low, which he says is standard business practice. The production was directed by Jeremy Mortimer. A snob. For other uses, see, 1945 play written by English dramatist J. Protect Yourself. The first half of the BBC's Bitesize revision programme on the social/historical context of the play. Gerald and the elder Birlings celebrate, but the younger Birlings still realise the error of their ways, and promise to change. Do not give out your personal information to unknown sources. Like her husband, she refuses to accept responsibility for the death of Eva Smith, and seems more concerned with maintaining the family's reputation, even going so far as to lie and deny that she recognizes the girl's picture. B. Priestley, first performed in the Soviet Union in 1945[1] and at the New Theatre in London the following year. No public clipboards found for this slide. In 2009 it reopened at the Novello Theatre for a year-long run, followed by another transfer to Wyndham's Theatre in December 2009, running for only four months. Now customize the name of a clipboard to store your clips. 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