Write about Gerald Croft his role in the play, character and relationships

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Write about Gerald Croft - his role in the play, character and relationships

John Priestley, born in 1894, was a British playwright. He lived through both world wars, serving in the first before being wounded by mortar fire. He did not serve in the second, but instead, was a radio presenter on a show called "The Postscript", which had extremely high viewer rates. He was one of the co-founders of the Commonwealth Party. He has strong views against Thatcherism and the "every man for himself" policy. These views come out strongly in his plays and especially in An Inspector Calls. Gerald and Mr Birling have very Thatcheristically influenced views and the Inspector was the role created to show Gerald and Mr Birling how wrong they were, although neither of them change at the end of the play.

Gerald Croft is the heir to Croft's Limited, and therefore has a great deal of money. He is described by Priestley as a "young man about town", as if Gerald knows where to go for a good time, although in a bad way, because he is shown to be a habitué of the Palace Bar, a well known pick