How has your reading of J.B Priestley’s “ An Inspector Calls” been enhanced by Stephen Daldry’s production at the Garrick Theatre?

How has your reading of J.B Priestley's " An Inspector Calls" been enhanced by Stephen Daldry's production at the Garrick Theatre? Written by Sarah Keeling 10p Year 10 has been to see " An Inspector Calls" at the Garrick Theatre in London on the 28th September. In year 9, the year all read the play script at school and now we have been asked to compare the production and play script. John Boynton Priestley wrote the play script in 1945 but set the script in 1912, the pre World War 1 period. Daldry's production although very different still produced the same message that Priestley wrote about; in society, everyone should be treated as one another. Daldry also thought that Priestley's message was still relevant, for today, because the play is being seen still, and for the past 9 years. Margaret Thatcher spoke on 31st October 1987 "There is no such thing as society. There are individual men and women and there are families." This is the reason why Daldry thought it would be relevant to today as she talks of no society. In the script the only visual guide to the set is at the beginning of Act 1, where the play script describes the Birling family and the house. The house and dining room are realistic Edwardian. The play script only describes the inside of the house and not the outside or what surrounds it, because in the play script they never go outside so there is no need for

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An Inspector Calls

An Inspector Calls The story of an inspector calls was set in 1945 and was written by J.B Priestly. The story is basically that an inspector comes to investigate a murder and question all of the Birling family to find out who was to blame. In this essay I will compare the three productions of the play the book, film and the stage production. In both the film and the text the scene starts with the Birling's having a civilised conversation at the dinning table. While the stage production there is a more dramatic and mysterious start. First you see the Birling's house which is very high up on the stage which suggests they consider themselves higher and better than everybody else. In the film you can hear every word of the conversation while on the stage production you can only hear the odd word hear and there and the rest is just chatter in the background you can not hear clearly. The way the inspector arrives in the film and book to the stage production is in total contrast. In the stage production the inspector arrives wearing along coat and almost his whole face is covered up by his hat like his was trying to hide his identity and also the spooky music and the lighting which makes the stage all dark an cold adds to the mysterious atmosphere of the arrival of the inspector. The inspector enters the stage from the audience which I think that the writer is trying to give the

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As each character got inspected by the Inspector, the limelight shone on them. This was an interesting use of the lights because in reality that person would have been under the spotlight when they got questioned by the Inspector

An Inspector Calls (Media) An Inspector Calls by J. B. Priestley is all about a girl called Eva Smith, who dies after drinking some strong disinfectant. We went to watch a theatre production of An Inspector Calls. Before we went to watch the stage production, we read the play in advance, so that the comparison between the written play and the acted out play could easily be spotted. The reactions from the audience and the very feeling of being in the theatre was in great contrast to sitting in a room and reading the play. It is obvious that the play was written to be acted out on stage. These are the characters that were seen on the stage production: * Arthur Birling * Sybil Birling, his wife * Sheila Birling, his daughter * Eric Birling, his son * Gerald Croft, Sheila's fiancée * Edna, the maid * Inspector Goole * Three children * Extra people, representing the real world I am going to discuss the opening scenes of this production. The opening scenes of the production were very imaginative. They gave the audience a chance to reflect on what was happening and what the play was going to be about. The main theme of the opening was power. It was clear from the start that that was going to be a major theme in the rest of the play. The production started with the sound of the siren (representing World War 1) and with the curtains down. After a minute or so a little boy

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In this report I will be reviewing the present situation at the Broadway Theatre.

Report 2 - Review of the Broadway Theatre In this report I will be reviewing the present situation at the Broadway Theatre. The staffing structure This staffing structure shows that the Owner is in charge of the Manager even though he plays no part in the running of the business. In turn the Manager has a span of control over of his 3 assistant managers. The 3 assistant managers are each in charge of the department managers. This means that the Catering Manager is in charge of the Barperson; the Sales Manager is in charge of the Bookings Clerk and the Administrator is in charge of the Secretary. Their is a clear chain of command shown by this organisation chart, this is shown by the vertical lines of authority. Orders will passed down the chain until they are carried out. The horizontal line across the assistant managers shows they are of equal rank. Staff Responsibilities Manager - The Manager is responsible for all aspects of day-to-day management; he is also responsible for his 3 assistant managers. Assistant Manager - The Assistant Manager deputises for the Manager and is responsible for morning and afternoon events. Assistant Manager - The Assistant Manager deputises for the Manager and is responsible for the administration, sales, and catering staff. Assistant Manager - The Assistant Manager

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An Inspector Calls

First, I think it is appropriate to discuss the structure, which is apparent throughout the production and also whilst reading the text. In many ways, 'An Inspector Calls' is a 'perfect' play as it has elements that are essential for producing a successful production. Throughout the play there is suspense and quite often, I think, an element of shock at the numerous 'discoveries' at so many different stages in the production. There is consistently the infamous 'whodunnit' factor, which helps to keep the audience interested and excited about the whole production in general. There is also a clear moral message given in the production, perhaps even more than one message. I think that this message is given through the actions of all of the Birlings, but particularly Mr Birling. His 'look after number one' attitude was emphasised at the beginning of the production when he was telling Gerald and Eric about 'the point' in life. So it seems that Priestly's message is that we all live in one community and that it is our duty to help our neighbour. We should not behave like Mr Birling and we should not live in isolation. I think that all of the Birlings are played to behave in the opposite way to this so that we, the audience, can see how stupid and false they look as it is hard to see ourselves like this in everyday life when we are behaving the same. 'An Inspector Calls' is such a

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An inspector calls - theatre review

An inspector calls An inspector calls, an interesting and not to mention notorious play with twists and turn running throughout the plot. Things suddenly swapping from the happiest parts of the play straight to the nadir of the story, it evolves and begins with when everything is going so well, an 'inspector calls'. As you should know this play is categorised as a tragedy, and rightly so; a tragedy is define as 'a type of drama in which characters undergo suffering or calamity'. There are other aspects however, we saw this performance acted live in front of us, so as well as the obvious, 'how good is the story?' there are things to consider like direction and acting abilities. The Birling family and good old inspector never ceased to entertain me in this evidently well sought out performance. Now for a bit of background to the play, this information I have collected from many different sources, for example the programme and information from the production company's website. Starting with the genius behind the plot, one J. B. Priestley an English playwright, who wrote the play before it was premiered in Moscow, Russia. Then, being the big hit it was, found its way to the west end playing at London's New Theatre in 1946. Some would straight away name it a drama, others a tragedy, others say it could be classed as a parable with a moral (which is understandably for points I will

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An Act of a script using director's instructions and dialogue

English Language Coursework: Personal Writing An Act of a script using director's instructions and dialogue Character list Angela Mother Girl 1 Girl 2 Boy 1 Boy 2 Boy 3 Note that none of the characters except Angela are named so the audience do not connect with the characters and they instead focus on the isolation Angela is feeling. Act one Scene 1 Curtains open to a sitting room in a house. The room is full of cabinets, bookshelves, sofas and a television. A 9-year-old child we know to be Angela sits on the sofa staring gloomily at her feet, while her mother sits in the chair opposite her. MOTHER: Is this about your dad? ANGELA: (Stiffly). I don't even remember my dad. MOTHER: Angela.... why do you never talk to me about it? ANGELA: Because I know all about it, you hate him and he hates you so you are not living together anymore. MOTHER: (Sighing). We do not hate each other we.... ANGELA: (Shouting). Then why are you not together? You hate dad, dad hates you and I hate you too. MOTHER: (Fighting back tears) Is that why you keep playing with the matches? Is it because you hate me? ANGELA: No... MOTHER: Why then Angela? Why go to all the trouble of climbing up on chairs to reach them? (No reply) Why do you keep disobeying my rules? I have them for a purpose...so you do not get hurt! ANGELA: No you do not; you have rules so you can make sure I have

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Five Forces analysis.

Five Forces analysis In a business, there is always competition; it does not care if the company is taking part in the public or commercial sector. Competition means gaining advantage or excellence over competitors. There are many other factors in the environment, which influence this competitiveness. Therefore, the five forces framework helps to identify the sources of competition in a sector or industry. The following must be bearded in mind: * The Five Forces framework can only be used at the level of strategic business units and not for the whole organization. It is important to understand how the forces can be countered and overcome in the future instead of only describing the forces. * With the forces, also the discontinuities caused by changes in the macro-environment must be described. * The forces are not independent of each other. * Competitive behavior may be concerned with disrupting these forces and not simply accommodating them. The description of the Five Forces framework is described below the model. Threat of entry This is dependable of the barriers to entry. When a new company wants to enter the same market as Sheffield Theatres, there might be some factors which need to be overcome when they want to compete successfully. These factors are not permanent, but only providing delays when entering the market. The market where Sheffield Theatre is

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Show how the production of an Inspector calls enhanced the script and furthered your understanding of the play. Refer to themes and characters in your analysis.

Show how the production of an Inspector calls enhanced the script and furthered your understanding of the play. Refer to themes and characters in your analysis. 'An Inspector Calls' is a production about society and how different people feel about it. It also touches on peoples conscience and was written by J. B. Preistley. It's all about a family in 1912 but was written in 1945, the families name is the Birlings who all has a part in the death of a woman called Eva Smith. We went to the production of An inspector Calls in the West End. It furthered my understanding of many of the characters, but I found myself far more interested in these characters, the inspector, Eric and Shelia. Shelia in the script seems very young and innocent and has no true understanding of 1912 life this can be seen when mr Birling was talking about cheap labour act 1 "but these girls aren't cheap labour there people", she also seems to be influenced in the way that if she hears what the inspector is saying then she believes and sticks up for him. She seemed pleased with what she believes is life and rather excitable. She seems to be the one who develops most in the script and play. From the opening description of her, followed by her account of her getting Eva Smith the sack - which shows her as a spoilt, self - centred brat. She soon seems to face up to her part in Eva Smith's death and talks

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The Immigrant

"Excuse Me Sir" ... "Sir"... "May I please see your ticket?" I reach for my ticket and present it to our bus inspector. Strangely I suddenly become struck by fear ... "what if I get thrown off the bus?", "what will happen?", "what will I do?". Before I begin to accumulate more thoughts, the inspector gently hands back my ticket, "Thank you, Mr. Rodriguez". There I am, travelling amongst the daily traffic on the George Washington Memorial Parkway. Bumper to bumper traffic. Fumes pollute every particle of air surrounding this endless parkway. The sounds of roaring engines, furious passengers and overpowering profanity all fill the air. The sky can not be seen, just simply a dark haze. Slowly, slowly we creep inches hoping to eventually reach out destination Washington DC. The bus inspector now takes her seat towards the front of the bus, talking to our driver. Suddenly, the bus jerks and the engine stops. Cars all around us seem to be doing the same. "9:30, I am going to be late, really late". Leaning against the window, all I have is precious time to waste. It seems that many of the people of this 307 route have had the same idea. Many of them are regulars on the route; however we have never exchanged words. Everyone seems to mind their own business and just get on with the normal stream of life. Interaction seems too come second to work, as many of the passengers

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