when was an inspector calls written

An Inspector Calls was written in 1945 by J. B. Priestley.

Quick Scoop

• The play was written in 1945, just as the Second World War was ending.

• It is set earlier, in 1912, a few years before World War I, which allows Priestley to use hindsight and dramatic irony.

• It was first performed in 1945 in the Soviet Union and then in London in 1946.

This time gap between when it was written (1945) and when it is set (1912) is key to the play’s message about responsibility, class, and social change.

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