An Inspector Calls and Other Plays (Penguin Modern Classics)

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Eric: (rather noisily) All the best! She's got a nasty temper sometimes – but she's not bad really. Good old Sheila! Birling makes a lengthy speech, not only congratulating Gerald and Sheila, but also commenting on the state of the nation. He predicts prosperity, particularly referring to the example of the “unsinkable” Titanic, which set sail the week earlier. Birling styles himself as a “hard-headed man of business.” Birling: Just keep quiet, Eric, and don't get excited. This girl left us nearly two years ago. Let me see – it must have been in the early autumn of nineteen-ten. At rising, scene and situation are exactly as they were at end of act one. The Inspector remains at the door for a few moments looking at Sheila and Gerald. Then he comes forward, leaving the door open behind him.// Birling: ( terrified now) Look, Inspector, you're not trying to tell us that – that my boy – is mixed up in this-?

Eric: Well, I'm old enough to be married, aren't I, and I'm not married, and I hate these fat old tarts around the town – the ones I see some of your respectable friends with-- An Inspector Calls was first performed in 1945 in two Russian theatres (Moscow's Kamerny Theatre and Leningrad's Comedy Theatre), as a suitable British venue could not be found. [8] [9] Priestley had written the play in a single week and all Britain's theatres had already been booked for the season. [10] The play had its first British production in 1946 at the New Theatre in London with Ralph Richardson as Inspector Goole, Harry Andrews as Gerald Croft, Margaret Leighton as Sheila Birling, Julien Mitchell as Arthur Birling, Marian Spencer as Sybil Birling and Alec Guinness as Eric Birling. [11] Eric re-enters the house, and admits to impregnating the girl and offering her stolen money. He divulges that he stole the money from his father’s office. Birling: Well, don't tell me that's because I discharged her from my employment nearly two years ago. Inspector: Mrs Birling, you're a member – a prominent member – of the Brumley Women's Charity Organization, aren't you?An Inspector Calls". www.aninspectorcalls.com. Archived from the original on 11 April 2012 . Retrieved 9 April 2012. Inspector: (sternly to them both) You see, we have to share something. If there's nothing else, we'll have to share our guilt.

Sheila: (gaily, possessively) I should jolly well think not, Gerald , I'd hate you to know all about port – like one of these purple-faced old men. The Inspector turns to Gerald and asks if he knows someone named Daisy Renton. Sheila realizes, from Gerald’s expression, that Gerald knows this name. When all but Sheila and Gerald leave the room, Sheila accuses Gerald of having had an affair with Daisy Renton the previous summer. Gerald admits to this. He asks Sheila to hide this information from the Inspector, but she says it won’t be possible because the Inspector probably already knows. Act One ends.

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You are responsible for ensuring that, prior to the use of the Service by your employees, agents or students, all such parties are notified of and agree to the terms of this Agreement. Gerald: (quietly) Thank you. And I drink to you – and hope I can make you as happy as you deserve to be. ii. In no event will we be liable to you for any indirect or consequential damages, or loss of income. In particular, we accept no liability for any programs or data made or stored with the service nor for the costs of recovering or replacing such programs or data. Nothing in this Agreement limits liability for fraudulent misrepresentation or our liability to you in the event of death or personal injury resulting from our negligence or that of our employees agents or sub-contractors. 10. Third Parties Eric: Yes. I wasn't in love with her or anything – but I liked her – she was pretty and a good sport --

Edinburgh Gateway Company (1965), The Twelve Seasons of the Edinburgh Gateway Company, 1953 - 1965, St. Giles Press, Edinburgh, p. 44 Mrs Birling: (staggered) well, really! Aldermand Meggarty ! I must say, we are learning something tonight. Inspector: (massively taking charge) allow me, Miss Birling. (to Gerald.) I can tell you why Miss Birling wants to stay on and why she says it might be better for her if she did. A girl died tonight. A pretty, lively sort of girl, who never did anybody any harm. But she died in misery and agony – hating life – Nathan, George Jean (1948). "An Inspector Calls". The Theatre Book of the Year: A Record and an Interpretation. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. pp.113–115. Inspector: (very sharply) I don't want any of it from either of you. Settle it afterward. (To Eric.) did you arrange to see each other after that?

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Mrs Birling. (rising. The others rise) Yes, of course, dear. Well, don't keep Gerald in here too long. Eric – I want you a minute. Gale, Maggie (2004). "Theatre and drama between the wars". In Nicholls, Peter; Marcus, Laura (eds.). The Cambridge history of twentieth-century English literature. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press. p.328. ISBN 0-521-82077-4. the middle class family was at the centre of much of Priestley's work ... most clearly perhaps in 'An Inspector Calls'. Gerald: (to Sheila) thanks. You're going to be a great help, I can see. You've said your piece, and you're obviously going to hate this, so why on earth don't you leave us to it? Sheila: (staring at him) yes. That's true. You know. (she goes close to him, wonderingly.) I don't understand about you. Inspector: (firmly) Yes. ( As Birling looks like interrupting explosively.) I know – he's your son and this is your house – but look at him. He needs a drink now just to see him through.