J. B. Priestley
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John Boynton Priestley was an English novelist, playwright, screenwriter, broadcaster and social commentator.
Statue outside the National Science and Media Museum in Bradford
3, The Grove, Highgate
Priestley's ashes were buried in the churchyard of the Church of St Michael and All Angels in Hubberholme in the Yorkshire Dales National Park.
An Inspector Calls
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An Inspector Calls is a modern morality play and drawing room play written by English dramatist J. B. Priestley. It was first performed in the Soviet Union in May 1945 and at the New Theatre in London
J. B. Priestley
…him into conflict with the government and influenced the development of the welfare state. He wrote a number of plays during this period, including An Inspector Calls (1945). Priestley was born on 13 September 1894 at 34 Mannheim Road, Manningham, which he described as an "extremely respectable" suburb of Bradford…
First edition (1947) with dust jacket
Sheila recognises a picture of Eva presented by the Inspector, as Gerald looks on. A 2012 production by OVO theatre company, St Albans