- American drama (dramatic works by one author), Plays, Children's plays, Criticism and interpretation
An Inspector Calls, first produced in 1946 when society was undergoing sweeping transformations, has recently enjoyed an enormously successful revival. While holding its audience with the gripping tension of a detective thriller, it is also a philosophical play about social conscience and the crumbling of middle class values.
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Intimate, grave, classical in form and spare.
- intimateepic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
- unpretentiousprestige
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About the book
- Author
- J. B. Priestley
- First published
- 1945
- Pages
- 79
- Publisher
- Ediciones Alfil, Ferdinand Schöningh, Heinemann Educational Books - Secondary Division
- Editions
- 47
- Language
- Spanish, heb, German, English
- ISBN
- 9783125752139
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