Details

When Inspector Goole calls unexpectedly on the prosperous Birling family investigating the suicide of a poor young local woman his startling revelations shatter the very foundation of their lives. As the Inspector asks insinuating questions it becomes clear that they all bear guilt for the destruction of the woman they have variously exploited for cheap labour, cheap sex and worse - And then the plot thickens. Written at the end of the second World War and set before the first, An Inspector Calls is a brilliantly compelling and haunting thriller.

Cast/Performers

Liam Brennan (Inspector Goole), Caroline Wildi (Mrs Birling), Tim Woodward (Mr Birling), Matthew Douglas (Gerald Croft), Katherine Jack (Sheila Birling), Hamish Riddle (eric Birling), Diana Payne-Myers (Edna), Larner Wallace Taylor (Understudy: Sheila), Tom Larkin (Understudy: Gerald / Eric), Jill Stanford (Understudy: Mrs Birling / Edna), Adam Radcliffe (Understudy: Inspector Goole / Mr Birling)

Creatives/Company

Author: J B Priestley
Producer(s): PW Productions Ltd, National Theatre
Director(s): Stephen Daldry, Julian Webber (associate director)
Design: Ian MacNeil
Music: Stephen Warbeck
Lighting: Rick Fisher