Breathing new life - An Inspector Calls

Review: An Inspector Calls @ Sheffield Lyceum

It’s not every night that a GCSE English staple can still leave a grown audience gasping – but An Inspector Calls did just that at Sheffield’s Lyceum. Stephen Daldry’s multi-award-winning production (on a major UK tour and nearing the end of its run) proves that J.B. Priestley’s classic thriller has plenty of fire left. This is a... The post Review: An Inspector Calls @ Sheffield Lyceum appeared first on Exposed Magazine.

Breathing new life - An Inspector Calls

J B Priestley’s well known and oft studied play, written in 1945 and set in or around 1912, tells the tale of a mysterious police inspector, who unexpectedly calls to interview the northern but well-to-do Birling family about the suicide of a young working-class woman, Eva Smith, who has died in hospital after drinking disinfectant.