Key Themes

An Inspector Calls is a very political play. To understand it fully you will need to understand the following:

 

Socialism

A political theory or system in which the means of production and distribution are controlled by the people and operated by equity and fairness rather than market principles.

 
 

Capitalism

An economic system based on the private ownership of the means of production and distribution of goods, characterised by a free competitive market motivated by profit.
 

An Inspector Calls trailer 2013

Prediction activity

N          Look at the following book covers and posters for J. B. Priestley’s An Inspector Calls.  Use them to make predictions about:

-        setting – both in time and place;

-        plot – what happens;

-        characters;

-        themes;

-        any other ideas.

Introduction to play