An Inspector Calls [scenes]

Summary: 1967 Rediffusion presentation of scenes from An Inspector Calls by J. B. Priestley for ITV’s Drama for Sixth forms season titled Conflict, introduced by John Gielgud.
Theatre play: An Inspector Calls by J. B. Priestley (1894-1984) [more information]
Play synopsis: 'The play is a three-act drama, which takes place on a single night in 1912, focusing on the prosperous middle-class Birling family, who live in a comfortable home in Brumley, "an industrial city in the north Midlands". The family is visited by a man calling himself Inspector Goole, who questions the family about the suicide of a young working-class woman, Eva Smith (also known as Daisy Renton). The family are interrogated and revealed to have been responsible for the young woman’s exploitation, abandonment and social ruin, effectively leading to her death. Long considered part of the repertory of classic "drawing room" theatre, the play has also been hailed as a scathing critique of the hypocrisies of Victorian/Edwardian English society and as an expression of Priestley’s Socialist political principles.' Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Inspector_Calls.
Production history: First performed in 1945 in the Soviet Union and 1946 in the UK.
Date of transmission: Friday 19 May 1967
Time: 2.35-3.00pm
Series: Schools
Channel: ITV
Production company: Rediffusion (1964-68)

Director

George More O’Ferrall (1907-1982)

Producer

Donald Carter

Playwright

J. B. Priestley (1894-1984)

Adapted for Television by

Ivor Brown ('episodes selected and introduction written by’)

Designer

Gerald Roberts

Introduced by

John Gielgud

Cast

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